| 奉承讨好 |
fèng cheng tǎo hǎo |
to curry favor / to get the desired outcome by flattery |
| 奉 |
fèng |
to offer (tribute) / to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc) / to esteem / to revere / to believe in (a religion) / to wait upon / to accept orders (from superior) |
| 奉承 |
fèng cheng |
to fawn on / to flatter / to ingratiate oneself / flattery |
| 承 |
Chéng |
surname Cheng / Cheng (c. 2000 BC), third of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神农 Farmer God |
| 承 |
chéng |
to bear / to carry / to hold / to continue / to undertake / to take charge / owing to / due to / to receive |
| 讨 |
tǎo |
to invite / to provoke / to demand or ask for / to send armed forces to suppress / to denounce or condemn / to marry (a woman) / to discuss or study |
| 讨好 |
tǎo hǎo |
to get the desired outcome / to win favor by fawning on sb / to curry favor with / a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor |
| 好 |
hǎo |
good / appropriate; proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close; on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello |
| 好 |
hào |
to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to |