created sense approved 吮痈舐痔/吮癰舐痔 · shǔnyōngshìzhì · to lick sores and suck hemorrhoids — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
吮痈舐痔 / 吮癰舐痔
shǔnyōngshìzhì
to lick sores and suck hemorrhoids
To perform the most degrading acts of servile flattery or sycophancy to gain favor from powerful people; based on an ancient story about doctors being rewarded with chariots for cleaning a king's abscesses or hemorrhoids with their mouths.
吮 (literal) → 吮 · shǔn · to suck 痈 (literal) → 痈/癰 · yōng · carbuncle 舐 (literal) → 舐 · shì · to lick 痔 (literal) → 痔 · zhì · hemorrhoids
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