攀高结贵
pān​gāo​jié​guì

social climbing

  • created sense approved 攀高结贵/攀高結貴 · pān​gāo​jié​guì · social climbing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    攀高结贵 / 攀高結貴

    pān​gāo​jié​guì

    social climbing

    to try to attach oneself to the rich and powerful; to curry favor with people of high social status

    攀高 (literal) → 攀高 · pān​gāo · to seek social status 结 (literal) → 结/結 · jié · to unite 贵 (literal) → 贵/貴 · guì · noble

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

    created sense