| 钻 | [zuān, ㄗㄨㄢ, 钻 / 鑽] to drill; to bore; to get into; to make one's way into; to enter (a hole); to thread one's way through; to study intensively; to dig into; to curry favor for personal gain #4,192 [Add to Longdo] |
| 讨好 | [tǎo hǎo, ㄊㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ, 讨 好 / 討 好] to get the desired outcome; to win favor by fawning on sb; to curry favor with; a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor #12,914 [Add to Longdo] |
| 巴结 | [bā jié, ㄅㄚ ㄐㄧㄝˊ, 巴 结 / 巴 結] to fawn on; to curry favor with; to make up to #32,019 [Add to Longdo] |
| 钻营 | [zuān yíng, ㄗㄨㄢ ㄧㄥˊ, 钻 营 / 鑽 營] toadying for personal gain; to curry favor; to drill a way through to fame and profit #61,184 [Add to Longdo] |
| 卑躬屈膝 | [bēi gōng qū xī, ㄅㄟ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄑㄩ ㄒㄧ, 卑 躬 屈 膝] to bow and bend the knee (成语 saw); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor #70,606 [Add to Longdo] |
| 趋炎附势 | [qū yán fù shì, ㄑㄩ ㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄕˋ, 趋 炎 附 势 / 趨 炎 附 勢] to curry favor (成语 saw); playing up to those in power; social climbing #80,336 [Add to Longdo] |
| 奴颜婢膝 | [nú yán bì xī, ㄋㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧ, 奴 颜 婢 膝 / 奴 顏 婢 膝] servile and bending the knee (成语 saw); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor #108,537 [Add to Longdo] |
| 夤缘 | [yín yuán, ㄧㄣˊ ㄩㄢˊ, 夤 缘 / 夤 緣] to curry favor; to advance one's career by graft [Add to Longdo] |
| 拣佛烧香 | [jiǎn fó shāo xiāng, ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄈㄛˊ ㄕㄠ ㄒㄧㄤ, 拣 佛 烧 香 / 揀 佛 燒 香] to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (成语 saw); fig. to curry favor from the right person [Add to Longdo] |
