to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power; social climbing
trad. 趨炎附勢
Also written 趨炎附勢【qū yán fù shì】
Characters in this word
4趋
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to hasten, to hurry, to walk fast, to approach, to tend towards, to converge
- Pinyin
- qū
- Traditional
- 趨
- Strokes
- 12
炎
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flame, inflammation, -itis
- Pinyin
- yán
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 43585 of 2500
附
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variant of 附[fu4]
- Pinyin
- fù
- Traditional
- 坿
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 24500 of 2500
势
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power, influence, potential, momentum, tendency, trend, situation, conditions, outward appearance, sign, gesture, male genitals
- Pinyin
- shì
- Traditional
- 勢
- Strokes
- 8