骑马不带鞭子，猛拍马屁騎馬不帶鞭子，猛拍馬屁騎馬不帶鞭子，猛拍馬屁

riding a horse without a whip: slapping the horse's backside hard

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Mocks someone who flatters a superior shamelessly. Like 'bootlicking'.
Wordplay: 拍马屁 (pāi mǎpì) literally means slapping the horse's rump, which also means to flatter.

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Simplified: 骑马不带鞭子，猛拍马屁
Traditional (Taiwan): 騎馬不帶鞭子，猛拍馬屁
Pinyin: qímǎ bú dài biānzi, měng pāimǎpì
Bopomofo: ㄑㄧˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄅㄨˊ ㄉㄞˋ ㄅㄧㄢ ˙ㄗ，ㄇㄥˇ ㄆㄞㄇㄚˇ ㄆㄧˋ

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

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