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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 溜须拍马

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
溜须拍马 liū xū pāi mǎ - to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
- to toady
- boot-licking

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 65,107 80,069 47,497

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
liū- to slip away
- to escape in stealth
- to skate
liù- swift current; rapids
- (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled; proficient; (of movements) quick; speedy
- (bound form) rain runoff from a roof
- (bound form) roof gutter
- classifier for rows, lines etc
- surroundings; neighborhood
- (dialect) to practice
- (dialect) to plaster; to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc)
- must
- to have to
- to wait
- beard
- mustache
- feeler (of an insect etc)
- tassel
pāi- to pat
- to clap
- to slap
- to swat
- to take (a photo)
- to shoot (a film)
- racket (sports)
- beat (music)
- surname Ma
- abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3lai2xi1ya4]
- horse
- CL:匹[pi3]
- horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
- knight in Western chess

Other Words Containing 溜须拍马

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
溜须拍马 - - 65,107 80,069 47,497