fù​fèng​pān​lóng

to join a great leader

  • created reference approved 附凤攀龙/附鳳攀龍 → 攀龙附凤/攀龍附鳳 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    附凤攀龙 / 附鳳攀龍 fù​fèng​pān​lóng

    攀龙附凤 / 攀龍附鳳 pān​lóng​fù​fèng

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 附凤攀龙/附鳳攀龍 · fù​fèng​pān​lóng · to join a great leader — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    附凤攀龙 / 附鳳攀龍

    fù​fèng​pān​lóng

    to join a great leader

    To attach oneself to a person of talent or power to help achieve great deeds or establish a career

    附 (literal) → 附 · fù · to adhere to 凤 (literal) → 凤/鳳 · fèng · talented person 攀 (literal) → 攀 · pān · to claim connections 龙 (literal) → 龙/龍 · lóng · eminent person

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 附凤攀龙/附鳳攀龍 · fù​fèng​pān​lóng · to curry favor with the powerful — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    附凤攀龙 / 附鳳攀龍

    fù​fèng​pān​lóng

    to curry favor with the powerful

    To sycophantically attach oneself to influential people for personal gain or social advancement; also written as [[攀龙附凤|攀龍附鳳|pan1 long2 fu4 feng4]]

    附 (literal) → 附 · fù · to adhere to 凤 (literal) → 凤/鳳 · fèng · talented person 攀 (literal) → 攀 · pān · to claim connections 龙 (literal) → 龙/龍 · lóng · eminent person

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

    created sense