mèi​shì

to play to the gallery

  • created sense approved 媚世 · mèi​shì · to play to the gallery — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    媚世

    mèi​shì

    to play to the gallery

    to curry favor with the world; to play to the gallery or try to please the public; to cater to popular tastes

    媚, 世

    媚 (literal) → 媚 · mèi · to flatter 世 (literal) → 世 · shì · world

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

    created sense