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趋炎附势		Traditional Chinese
趨炎附勢
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
qū yán fù shì		Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
cheui1 yim4 fu6 sai3
Short definition social climbing
Usage frequency Somewhat infrequent
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All available English definitions to curry favor (idiom)MDBG icon / social climbingMDBG icon / timeservingLDC icon / playing up to those in powerMDBG icon /
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: sameldc
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samemdbg
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power; social climbing
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: timeserving
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: '
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