拍馬屁
pāi​mǎ​pì

to flatter

  • created reference approved 拍马屁/拍馬屁 → 拍马/拍馬 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拍马屁 / 拍馬屁 pāi​mǎ​pì

    拍马 / 拍馬 pāi​mǎ

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 拍马屁/拍馬屁 · pāi​mǎ​pì · to flatter — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拍马屁 / 拍馬屁

    pāi​mǎ​pì

    to flatter

    To fawn on or butter someone up; to lick someone's boots

    拍, 马屁

    拍 (literal) → 拍 · pāi · to flatter 马 (literal) → 马/馬 · mǎ · horse 屁 (bound) → 屁 · pì · buttocks

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

    created sense