巴结
bājie
to curry favour with; to fawn on
Characters in this word
结 jié
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 吉 lucky, propitious, good
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他不是靠能力获得机会，而是整天巴结上司，因此同事们都不太信任他。 Tā bú shì kào nénglì huòdé jīhuì, ér shì zhěngtiān bājie shàngsi, yīncǐ tóngshìmen dōu bú tài xìnrèn tā. He does not gain opportunities through ability, but spends all day currying favour with his superiors, so his colleagues do not really trust him.
- 他整天围着老板转，拼命地巴结他。 Tā zhěngtiān wéizhe lǎobǎn zhuàn, pīnmìng de bājie tā. He spends all day hovering around the boss, desperately sucking up to him.
- 我不喜欢巴结别人，靠自己的努力就够了。 Wǒ bù xǐhuan bājie biérén, kào zìjǐ de nǔlì jiù gòu le. I do not like fawning on people; my own hard work is enough.