Read Edit View history 讨好 tǎohǎo HSK7 ingratiate Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 讨好 (討好) tǎohǎo ingratiate verb to win favor by fawning on someone or acting in a way intended to please them 他总是想方设法讨好老板。 tā zǒngshì xiǎngfāngshèfǎ tǎohǎo lǎobǎn. He is always trying to curry favor with his boss. get results verb to obtain a desired or fruitful outcome to reward one's labor 这件工作真是费力不讨好。 zhè jiàn gōngzuò zhēn shì fèilì bù tǎohǎo. This task is a thankless job that requires a lot of effort. Frequency Movie subtitles 5.31 per million appears in 2% of films Written text 5.64 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
讨好 (討好) tǎohǎo ingratiate verb to win favor by fawning on someone or acting in a way intended to please them 他总是想方设法讨好老板。 tā zǒngshì xiǎngfāngshèfǎ tǎohǎo lǎobǎn. He is always trying to curry favor with his boss. get results verb to obtain a desired or fruitful outcome to reward one's labor 这件工作真是费力不讨好。 zhè jiàn gōngzuò zhēn shì fèilì bù tǎohǎo. This task is a thankless job that requires a lot of effort. Frequency Movie subtitles 5.31 per million appears in 2% of films Written text 5.64 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)