攀鳞附翼
pān​lín​fù​yì

to curry favor

  • created sense approved 攀鳞附翼/攀鱗附翼 · pān​lín​fù​yì · to curry favor — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    攀鳞附翼 / 攀鱗附翼

    pān​lín​fù​yì

    to curry favor

    to attach oneself to powerful people to advance one's own career or status

    攀 (literal) → 攀 · pān · to claim connections 鳞 (literal) → 鳞/鱗 · lín · fish 附 (literal) → 附 · fù · to adhere to 翼 (literal) → 翼 · yì · to assist

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

    created sense