扳龙附凤 — Chinese idiom
扳龙附凤
bān lóng fù fèng
Traditional: 扳龍附鳳
Meaning
- hitching a ride to the sky on the dragon and phoenix ; fig. currying favor with the rich and powerful in the hope of advancement
Character by character
- 扳bānto drag, to pull; to twist
- 龙lóngdragon; symbol of the emperor
- 附fùnearby; to adhere to, to attach; to rely on
- 凤fèngmale phoenix; symbol of joy
Idioms sharing a character
- 劈空扳害 pī kōng bān hài
- 人中龙凤 rén zhōng lóng fèng
- 伏龙凤雏 fú lóng fèng chú
- 来龙去脉 lái lóng qù mài
- 大排长龙 dà pái cháng lóng
- 望子成龙 wàng zǐ chéng lóng
- 活龙活现 huó lóng huó xiàn
- 生龙活虎 shēng lóng huó hǔ
- 画龙点睛 huà lóng diǎn jīng
- 盘龙卧虎 pán lóng wò hǔ
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