溜鬚拍馬

1. • to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom) to use flatter to get what one wants
2. • to toady
3. • boot-licking

Character by character

• 溜(liū)slip away
• 鬚(xū)beard
• 拍(pāi)pat
• 馬(mǎ)surname Ma