tào​lā​long

to curry favor

  • created reference approved 套拉拢/套拉攏 → 套近乎 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    套拉拢 / 套拉攏 tào​lā​long

    套近乎 tào​jìn​hu

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created reference approved 套拉拢/套拉攏 → 拉近乎 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    套拉拢 / 套拉攏 tào​lā​long

    拉近乎 lā​jìn​hu

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 套拉拢/套拉攏 · tào​lā​long · to curry favor — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    套拉拢 / 套拉攏

    tào​lā​long

    to curry favor

    to try and get on someone's good side or establish a relationship for personal gain; colloquial; similar to [[套近乎|套近乎|tao4 jin4 hu5]] and [[拉近乎|拉近乎|la1 jin4 hu5]]

    套 (literal) → 套 · tào · to curry favor 拉拢 (literal) → 拉拢/拉攏 · lā​lǒng · to rope in

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

    created sense