趋炎附势 Chinese English dictionary 趋炎附势 translate 趋炎附势 pinyin

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趋炎附势

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
趋炎附势 qūyánfùshì	趋炎附势 \| 趋炎附势* \| *趋炎附势	to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power / social climbing	趨炎附勢

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
趋	趋 \| 趋* \| *趋	12画走 + 5	qū, cù	hasten, hurry; be attracted to	ceoi1	趨 4780 GONSM


炎	炎 \| 炎* \| *炎	8画火灬 + 4	yán, yàn, tán	flame, blaze; hot	jim4	9080.9 FF


附	附 \| 附* \| *附	7画阜阝 + 5	fù, pǒu, bù, fū	adhere to, append; rely on near to	fu6	7420.0 NLODI


势	势 \| 势* \| *势	8画力 + 6	shì	power, force; tendency	sai3	勢 5542 QIKS

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
趋炎附势 qūyánfùshì	趋炎附势 \| 趋炎附势* \| *趋炎附势	to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power / social climbing


趋 qū	趋 \| 趋* \| *趋	to hasten / to hurry / to walk fast / to approach / to tend towards / to converge


炎　yán	炎 \| 炎* \| *炎	flame / inflammation / -itis


附　　fù	附 \| 附* \| *附	variant of 附


附　　fù	附 \| 附* \| *附	to add; to attach / to be close to; to be attached


势　　　shì	势 \| 势* \| *势	power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals