讨好卖乖
tǎo​hǎo​mài​guāi

to curry favor

  • created sense approved 讨好卖乖/討好賣乖 · tǎo​hǎo​mài​guāi · to curry favor — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    讨好卖乖 / 討好賣乖

    tǎo​hǎo​mài​guāi

    to curry favor

    to curry favor by acting obedient or showing off one's good behavior; to toady to

    讨好 (literal) → 讨好/討好 · tǎo​hǎo · to curry favor 卖乖 (literal) → 卖乖/賣乖 · mài​guāi · to curry favor

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

    created sense