created sense approved 帮闲/幫閑 · bāngxián · to curry favor — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
帮闲 / 幫閑
bāngxián
to curry favor
to hang on to and serve the rich and powerful by joining in their idle pursuits or providing literary entertainment to help them kill time
帮, 闲
帮 (literal) → 帮/幫 · bāng · to help 闲 (literal) → 闲/閒 · xián · spare time
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 帮闲/幫閑 · bāngxián · hanger-on — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
帮闲 / 幫閑
bāngxián
hanger-on
a person who serves the rich and powerful as a lackey or literary hack to help them pass the time
帮 (literal) → 帮/幫 · bāng · to help 闲 (literal) → 闲/閒 · xián · spare time
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition