- 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
- 留(remain; keep)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Water glides smoothly along the current, lingering on the ground without standing still.
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溜须拍马
溜须拍马
to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
- ，。
He always flatters and fawns, which makes people very annoyed.
- 貳动verb
to toady
- ，。
He's always flattering and bootlicking, which makes people very annoyed.
- 參动verb
boot-licking
- ，。
He's always flattering others and bootlicking, which makes people really dislike him.
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 彡(hair; tuft)ASSOCIATIVE
- 頁(head; person's head)RADICAL
Whiskers are strands of hair that grow around the head and face of a man.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 白(white; bright)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A loud hand slap creates a clear booming sound.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 馬(horse (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 馬 depicts a horse with a mane, body, and four hooves running swiftly.
溜须拍马
Traditional溜鬚拍馬
to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
- ，。
He always flatters and fawns, which makes people very annoyed.
- 貳动verb
to toady
- ，。
He's always flattering and bootlicking, which makes people very annoyed.
- 參动verb
boot-licking
- ，。
He's always flattering others and bootlicking, which makes people really dislike him.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
- 留(remain; keep)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Water glides smoothly along the current, lingering on the ground without standing still.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 彡(hair; tuft)ASSOCIATIVE
- 頁(head; person's head)RADICAL
Whiskers are strands of hair that grow around the head and face of a man.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 白(white; bright)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A loud hand slap creates a clear booming sound.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 馬(horse (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 馬 depicts a horse with a mane, body, and four hooves running swiftly.
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