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拍馬屁

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Traditional
Pīnyīn
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to flatter / to fawn on / to butter sb up / toadying / bootlicking

Character decomposition:

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
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Four corner
Cangjie
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *拍* | 拍* | *拍
8画
clap, tap, beat; beat or rhythm
5600.0
QHA
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *馬* | 馬* | *馬
10画
horse; surname; Kangxi radical 187
7132.7
SQSF
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *屁* | 屁* | *屁
7画
break wind; fart; buttocks
7721.1
SPP

Word decomposition:

TraditionalEnglish Definition
to flatter / to fawn on / to butter sb up / toadying / bootlicking
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拍* | 拍* | *拍
to pat / to clap / to slap / to swat / to take (a photo) / to shoot (a film) / racket (sports) / beat (music)
to urge on a horse by patting its bottom / fig. to encourage / same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, to flatter or toady
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *馬* | 馬* | *馬
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *馬* | 馬* | *馬
horse / CL: / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess
 
horse hindquarters / flattery / boot-licking
  
  
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *屁* | 屁* | *屁
fart / flatulence / nonsense / (usu. in the negative) what / (not) a damn thing