溜须拍马(liū xū pāi mǎ): to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom)
4 charactersTrad. 溜須拍馬
to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom)
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- liū xū pāi mǎ
- Meaning
- to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 溜須拍馬
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