老鼠给猫捋胡子,拼命溜须老鼠給貓捋胡子,拼命溜鬚老鼠給貓捋胡子,拼命溜鬚

a mouse stroking a cat's whiskers: flattering with all its might

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Describes someone fawning desperately to curry favour. Contemptuous.
Wordplay: 溜须 (liūxū) literally means smoothing the whiskers and figuratively means sucking up.

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Simplified: 老鼠给猫捋胡子,拼命溜须
Traditional (Taiwan): 老鼠給貓捋胡子,拼命溜鬚
Pinyin: lǎoshǔ gěi māo lǚhúzi,pīnmìng liū xū
Bopomofo: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄍㄟˇ ㄇㄠㄌㄩˇ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄗ,ㄆㄧㄣㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄡㄒㄩ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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