shì​jiāo

friendship for power

  • created reference approved 势交/勢交 → 势利之交/勢利之交 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    势交 / 勢交 shì​jiāo

    势利之交 / 勢利之交 shì​lì​zhī​jiāo

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 势交/勢交 · shì​jiāo · friendship for power — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    势交 / 勢交

    shì​jiāo

    friendship for power

    (literary) friendship based on power and personal gain; to associate with others purely for their influence or status

    势 (literal) → 势/勢 · shì · power 交 (literal) → 交 · jiāo · friendship

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense