- to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
- to toady
- boot-licking
Characters
- 溜 (溜): to slip away; to escape in stealth; to skate
- 须 (須): must; to have to; to wait
- 拍 (拍): to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music)
- 马 (馬): surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 溜须拍马
- MDBG: 溜须拍马
- Examples with 溜须拍马 on Tatoeba
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