钻营

Traditional form:

鑽營

Pinyin (reading):

zuānyíng

Definitions:

• toadying for personal gain
• to curry favor
• to study in great depth

Characters:

• 钻 - diamond; to bore, to drill, to pierce
• 营 - camp, barracks, army; to run, to manage

Traditional characters:

• 鑽 - diamond; to bore, to drill, to pierce
• 營 - camp, barracks, army; to run, to manage