to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom); to advance one's career by currying favor; social climbing
trad. 夤緣攀附
Also written 夤緣攀附【yín yuán pān fù】
Characters in this word
4夤
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late at night
- Pinyin
- yín
- Strokes
- 14
缘
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cause, reason, karma, fate, predestined affinity, margin, hem, edge, along
- Pinyin
- yuán
- Traditional
- 緣
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 32015 of 2500
攀
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to climb (by pulling oneself up), to implicate, to claim connections of higher status
- Pinyin
- pān
- Strokes
- 19
- Frequency
- 22481 of 2500
附
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variant of 附[fu4]
- Pinyin
- fù
- Traditional
- 坿
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 24500 of 2500