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夤緣
yín​yuán

to climb socially

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Senses

夤缘/ 夤緣 yín​yuán to climb socially

To curry favor or advance one's career by toadying to influential people; to climb socially through connections.

夤缘/ 夤緣 yín​yuán to climb upward

(Literary) to climb upward; to scale heights.

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