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拍马屁

拍馬屁
pāi

Meanings

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pāi
  1. 1.to flatter
  2. 2.to fawn on
  3. 3.to butter sb up
  4. 4.toadying
  5. 5.bootlicking

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to brownnose; to kiss someone's ass; to suck up to

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Etymology

It is said that nomads in northern China would pat a horse's buttocks to approve of the horse for its health.

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