to cling to the powerful and rich (idiom); social climbing
trad. 攀附權貴
Also written 攀附權貴【pān fù quán guì】
Characters in this word
4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
权
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surname Quan
- Pinyin
- Quán
- Traditional
- 權
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 7756 of 2500
贵
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short name for Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]
- Pinyin
- Guì
- Traditional
- 貴
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 4834 of 2500