賣好
mài​hǎo

to curry favor

  • created reference approved 卖好/賣好 → 卖人情/賣人情 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    卖好 / 賣好 mài​hǎo

    卖人情 / 賣人情 mài​rén​qíng

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 卖好/賣好 · mài​hǎo · to curry favor — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    卖好 / 賣好

    mài​hǎo

    to curry favor

    To try to gain favor or win someone's gratitude through calculated efforts or insincere gestures; to fawn on.

    卖, 好

    卖 (literal) → 卖/賣 · mài · to show off 好 (literal) → 好 · hǎo · praise

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

    created sense