扳龙附凤
bān lóng fù fèng
Pinyin

Definition

扳龙附凤
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bān lóng fù fèng
  1. hitching a ride to the sky on the dragon and phoenix (idiom); fig. currying favor with the rich and powerful in the hope of advancement

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

附近
fù jìn
  1. 1 (in the) vicinity
  2. 2 nearby
  3. 3 neighboring
  4. 4 next to
依附
yī fù
  1. 1 to adhere
  2. 2 to attach oneself to
  3. 3 to append
吸附
xī fù
  1. 1 to adhere to a surface
  2. 2 to absorb
  3. 3 to draw in
  4. 4 (fig.) to attract
  5. 5 (chemistry) adsorption
附
fù
  1. 1 variant of 附[fù]
扳回
bān huí
  1. 1 to pull back
  2. 2 to regain (one's dignity etc)
  3. 3 to recover from (an adverse situation)
  4. 4 to turn the tables
扳平
bān píng
  1. 1 to equalize
  2. 2 to level the score
  3. 3 to pull back the advantage
扳手
bān shǒu
  1. 1 spanner
  2. 2 wrench
  3. 3 lever (on a machine)
扳指
bān zhǐ
  1. 1 ornamental thumb ring (originally a ring, often made from jade, worn by archers in ancient times to protect the right thumb when drawing a bowstring)
附上
fù shàng
  1. 1 attached
  2. 2 included herewith
附中
fù zhōng
  1. 1 attached (or affiliated) secondary (or middle) school
  2. 2 abbr. for 附屬中學|附属中学[fù shǔ zhōng xué]
附件
fù jiàn
  1. 1 enclosure
  2. 2 attachment (email)
  3. 3 appendix
附加
fù jiā
  1. 1 additional
  2. 2 annex
附和
fù hè
  1. 1 to agree
  2. 2 to go along with
  3. 3 to echo (what sb says)
附属
fù shǔ
  1. 1 subsidiary
  2. 2 auxiliary
  3. 3 attached
  4. 4 affiliated
  5. 5 subordinate
  6. 6 subordinating
附带
fù dài
  1. 1 supplementary
  2. 2 incidentally
  3. 3 in parentheses
  4. 4 by chance
  5. 5 in passing
  6. 6 additionally
  7. 7 secondary
  8. 8 subsidiary
  9. 9 to attach
附着
fù zhuó
  1. 1 to adhere
  2. 2 attachment
附身
fù shēn
  1. 1 to enter a body
  2. 2 to possess
附送
fù sòng
  1. 1 to include (as a free gift, when buying sth)
  2. 2 to come with
附体
fù tǐ
  1. 1 (of a spirit or deity) to possess sb
扳
bān
  1. 1 to pull
  2. 2 to turn (sth) around
  3. 3 to turn around (a situation)
  4. 4 to recoup

Idioms (11)

劈空扳害
pī kōng bān hài
  1. 1 damaged by groundless slander (idiom)
夤缘攀附
yín yuán pān fù
  1. 1 to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom); to advance one's career by currying favor
  2. 2 social climbing
如蛆附骨
rú qū fù gǔ
  1. 1 lit. like maggots feeding on a corpse (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. fixed on sth
  3. 3 to cling on without letting go
  4. 4 to pester obstinately
如蚁附膻
rú yǐ fù shān
  1. 1 like ants pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful
  2. 2 the crowd runs after trash
扳龙附凤
bān lóng fù fèng
  1. 1 hitching a ride to the sky on the dragon and phoenix (idiom); fig. currying favor with the rich and powerful in the hope of advancement
攀附权贵
pān fù quán guì
  1. 1 to cling to the powerful and rich (idiom); social climbing
牵强附会
qiān qiǎng fù huì
  1. 1 to make an irrelevant comparison or interpretation (idiom)
穿凿附会
chuān záo fù huì
  1. 1 to make far-fetched claims (idiom)
  2. 2 to offer outlandish explanations
趋炎附势
qū yán fù shì
  1. 1 to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power
  2. 2 social climbing
随声附和
suí shēng fù hè
  1. 1 to parrot other people's words (idiom); to chime in with others
魂不附体
hún bù fù tǐ
  1. 1 lit. body and soul separated (idiom); fig. scared out of one's wits
  2. 2 beside oneself

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