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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *阿* | 阿* | *阿
(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钻* | 钻* | *钻
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
HSK 6
(loanword) curry
to get the desired outcome / to win favor by fawning on sb / to curry favor with / a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor
HSK 7-9
to fawn on / to curry favor with / to make up to
(Sichuan dialect) comfortable; suitable; excellent; really good / (Sichuan dialect) to be close to (sb); to curry favor with
(Tw) (loanword) curry / colloquial pr. [ga1li3] or [ga1li2]
to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor
curry powder
to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom)
(computing) currying
to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power / social climbing
to curry favor / to get the desired outcome by flattery
phanaeng (also spelled "panang") (type of Thai curry) (loanword)
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
toadying for personal gain / to curry favor / to study in great depth
to curry favor / to advance one's career by toadying
to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person
(loanword) curry
to wish for higher status (idiom); to curry favor in the hope of promotion
servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor
to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom); to advance one's career by currying favor / social climbing


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