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溜鬚拍馬
liū​xū​pāi​mǎ

to flatter

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溜须拍马/ 溜鬚拍馬 liū​xū​pāi​mǎ to flatter

(idiom) to fawn on or shamelessly flatter someone; literally "to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom"

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