夤缘攀附 — Chinese idiom
夤缘攀附
yín yuán pān fù
Traditional: 夤緣攀附
Meaning
- to cling to the rich and powerful ; to advance one's career by currying favor
- social climbing
Character by character
- 夤yínlate at night; distant, remote; deep
- 缘yuánreason, cause; fate; margin, hem
- 攀pānto climb, to hang on, to pull up
- 附fùnearby; to adhere to, to attach; to rely on
Idioms sharing a character
- 一面之缘 yī miàn zhī yuán
- 前世姻缘 qián shì yīn yuán
- 前缘未了 qián yuán wèi liǎo
- 喜结良缘 xǐ jié liáng yuán
- 广结良缘 guǎng jié liáng yuán
- 有缘无分 yǒu yuán wú fèn
- 无缘无故 wú yuán wú gù
- 缘木求鱼 yuán mù qiú yú
- 攀亲道故 pān qīn dào gù
- 攀附权贵 pān fù quán guì
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