We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「曲意迎合」, with its usage explained below.
Today’s idiom is 「曲意迎合」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.
Try every possible way to flatter and please others. Same as “to curry favor”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
qǔ yì yíng hé
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
kuk1 yi3 ying4 hap6
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