溜须拍马
Traditional form:
溜鬚拍馬
Pinyin (reading):
liūxūpāimǎ
Definitions:
- to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
- to toady
- boot-licking
Characters:
- 溜 - to slip, to slide, to glide; slippery
- 须 - beard; must; necessary
- 拍 - to clap, to tap; to hit, to beat, to slap; beat, rhythm
- 马 - horse; surname
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