讨好卖乖 — Chinese idiom
讨好卖乖
tǎo hǎo mài guāi
Traditional: 討好賣乖
Meaning
- to curry favor by showing obeisance
Character by character
- 讨tǎoto haggle, to discuss; to demand, to ask for
- 好hǎogood, excellent, fine; proper, suitable; well
- 卖màito sell; to betray; to show off
- 乖guāiobedient, well-behaved; clever
Idioms sharing a character
- 南征北讨 nán zhēng běi tǎo
- 东征西讨 dōng zhēng xī tǎo
- 东讨西征 dōng tǎo xī zhēng
- 自讨苦吃 zì tǎo kǔ chī
- 不怀好意 bù huái hǎo yì
- 不知好歹 bù zhī hǎo dǎi
- 不识好歹 bù shí hǎo dǎi
- 做好做歹 zuò hǎo zuò dǎi
- 公诸同好 gōng zhū tóng hào
- 各有所好 gè yǒu suǒ hào
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