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溜须拍马

liū xū pāi mǎ

4-character word Traditional 溜鬚拍馬

What 溜须拍马 means

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

The characters in 溜须拍马

• 溜liūto slip away; to escape in stealth; to skate
• 须xūmust; to have to; to wait
• 拍pāito pat; to clap; to slap
• 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess