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溜须
liū​xū

to flatter

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  • 溜须拍马 liū​xū​pāi​mǎ to flatter
    (idiom) to fawn on or shamelessly flatter someone; literally "to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom"
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