攀附权贵
pān​fù​quán​guì

social climbing

  • created sense approved 攀附权贵/攀附權貴 · pān​fù​quán​guì · social climbing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    攀附权贵 / 攀附權貴

    pān​fù​quán​guì

    social climbing

    to cling to the powerful and rich for personal gain; to curry favor with people of high status

    攀附 (literal) → 攀附 · pān​fù · to climb the social ladder 权贵 (literal) → 权贵/權貴 · quán​guì · influential figures

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

    created sense