yāo​mǎi​rén​xīn

to court popularity

  • created sense approved 邀买人心/邀買人心 · yāo​mǎi​rén​xīn · to court popularity — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    邀买人心 / 邀買人心

    yāo​mǎi​rén​xīn

    to court popularity

    To buy popular support; to court favor by showing kindness or giving benefits to people.

    邀 (literal) → 邀 · yāo · to seek 买 (literal) → 买/買 · mǎi · to bribe 人心 (literal) → 人心 · rén​xīn · popular feeling

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

    created sense