溜舐
liū shì
Pinyin
Definition
溜舐
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- to flatter obsequiously
- toady
Character Decomposition
Idioms (5)
溜须拍马
- 1 to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
- 2 to toady
- 3 boot-licking
灰不溜丢
- 1 gloomy and dull (idiom)
- 2 boring and gray
- 3 unpleasantly murky
老牛舐犊
- 1 lit. an old ox licking its calf (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of parents) to dote on one's children
舐犊之爱
- 1 the love of a cow licking her calf (idiom)
- 2 parental love
舐犊情深
- 1 lit. the cow licking its calf fondly (idiom)
- 2 fig. to show deep affection towards one's children