附骥
fù​jì

to ride on someone's coattails

  • created reference approved 附骥/附驥 → 附骥尾/附驥尾 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    附骥 / 附驥 fù​jì

    附骥尾 / 附驥尾 fù​jì​wěi

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 附骥/附驥 · fù​jì · to ride on someone's coattails — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    附骥 / 附驥

    fù​jì

    to ride on someone's coattails

    (literary) to attach oneself to a famous or successful person in order to gain fame or success; also used as a polite humble expression when collaborating with others

    附 (literal) → 附 · fù · to adhere to 骥 (literal) → 骥/驥 · jì · thoroughbred horse

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

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