灌迷魂湯
guàn​mí​hún​tāng

to butter someone up

  • created sense approved 灌迷魂汤/灌迷魂湯 · guàn​mí​hún​tāng · to butter someone up — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    灌迷魂汤 / 灌迷魂湯

    guàn​mí​hún​tāng

    to butter someone up

    to try to trick or ensnare someone with sweet talk or flattery; to feed a person's vanity to confuse their judgment

    灌, 迷魂汤

    灌 (literal) → 灌 · guàn · to pour 迷魂汤 (literal) → 迷魂汤/迷魂湯 · mí​hún​tāng · enticing words

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

    created sense