讨好

討好

tǎo hǎo

HSK 7freq #10495

Meanings

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tǎo hǎo

1.to get the desired outcome
2.to win favor by fawning on sb
3.to curry favor with
4.a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor

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Wiktionary

1.to ingratiate oneself with; to please; to court; to curry favour with
2.to be rewarded with a good result; to have one's labour rewarded

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Stroke order

Components

讨讠寸

好女子

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Characters

Example sentences

他竭尽全力地讨好他老婆。
He bent over backward to please his wife.

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Derived terms

兩面不討好两面不讨好吃力不討好吃力不讨好討好賣乖讨好卖乖

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Related words

奉承讨好 to curry favor 讨好卖乖 to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom)拼命讨好 to throw oneself at sb or sth 费力不讨好 arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding 吃力不讨好 arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding