to urge on a horse by patting its bottom; fig. to encourage; same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, to flatter or toady
trad. 拍馬
Also written 拍馬【pāi mǎ】
Characters in this word
2拍
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to pat, to clap, to slap, to swat, to take (a photo), to shoot (a film), racket (sports), beat (music)
- Pinyin
- pāi
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 646 of 2500
马
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surname Ma, abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
- Pinyin
- Mǎ
- Traditional
- 馬
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 1030 of 2500