"to court favor" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
邀买人心 邀買人心 yāo mǎi rén xīn to buy popular support / to court favor
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
帮忙 幫忙 bāng máng to help / to lend a hand / to do a favor / to do a good turn syn
支持 zhī chí to be in favor of / to support / to back / support / backing / to stand by / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
qīn parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear syn
辩护 辯護 biàn hù to speak in defense of / to argue in favor of / to defend / to plead syn
法院 fǎ yuàn court of law / court syn
赞同 贊同 zàn tóng to approve of / to endorse / (vote) in favor syn
人情 rén qíng human emotions / social relationship / friendship / favor / a good turn syn
讨好 討好 tǎo hǎo to get the desired outcome / to win favor by fawning on sb / to curry favor with / a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor syn
恩惠 ēn huì favor / grace syn
欢心 歡心 huān xīn favor / liking / love / jubilation / joy
偏爱 偏愛 piān ài to be partial towards sth / to favor / to prefer / preference / favorite syn
谢恩 謝恩 xiè ēn to thank sb for favor (esp. emperor or superior official) syn
转运 轉運 zhuǎn yùn to forward / to transfer / to transship / to have luck turn in one's favor syn
大法官 dà fǎ guān grand justice / high court justice / supreme court justice syn
青睐 青睞 qīng lài (literary) (lit.) to fix one's gaze on / (fig.) to show interest in / (favorable) attention / favor syn
求情 qiú qíng to plea for leniency / to ask for a favor syn
恩典 ēn diǎn favor / grace syn
偏袒 piān tǎn to bare one shoulder / (fig.) to side with / to discriminate in favor of syn
炙手可热 炙手可熱 zhì shǒu kě rè lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom) / fig. arrogance of the powerful / a mighty figure no-one dares approach / hot (exciting or in favor)
巴结 巴結 bā jie to fawn on / to curry favor with / to make up to syn
献殷勤 獻殷勤 xiàn yīn qín to be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc) / to fawn upon (an influential politician etc) / to court sb's favor / to ingratiate oneself syn
求人 qiú rén to ask for help / to ask a favor / to recruit talented people
赠予 贈予 zèng yǔ to give a present / to accord (a favor) / to grant syn
垂青 chuí qīng to show appreciation for sb / to look upon sb with favor syn
正方 zhèng fāng the side in favor of the proposition (in a formal debate) syn
受宠 受寵 shòu chǒng to receive favor (from superior) / favored / pampered syn
开恩 開恩 kāi ēn to give a favor (used of Christian God) syn
恩情 ēn qíng kindness / affection / grace / favor syn
有劳 有勞 yǒu láo (polite) thank you for your trouble (used when asking a favor or after having received one) syn
施恩 shī ēn to confer a favor on sb / to confer a benefit
恩泽 恩澤 ēn zé favor from an emperor or high official syn
投桃报李 投桃報李 tóu táo bào lǐ toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom) / to return a favor / to exchange gifts / Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours. syn
难为 難為 nán wei to bother / to press sb, usu. to do sth / it's a tough job / sorry to bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor) syn
失宠 失寵 shī chǒng to lose favor / in disfavor / disgraced syn
厚薄 hòu bó to favor one and discriminate against the other (abbr. for 厚此薄彼[hou4 ci3 bo2 bi3]) syn
近水楼台 近水樓臺 jìn shuǐ lóu tái lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom) / fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor syn
得宠 得寵 dé chǒng to be a favorite / favor syn
上供 shàng gòng to make offerings (to gods or ancestors) / to offer gifts to superiors in order to win their favor syn
反哺 fǎn bǔ to support one's parents in their old age / to show filial piety / to to repay / to return a favor
冷宫 冷宮 lěng gōng (in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor / (fig.) the doghouse / a state of disfavor
恩德 ēn dé benevolence / favor syn
回馈 回饋 huí kuì to repay a favor / to give back / feedback
追捧 zhuī pěng to exhibit great enthusiasm for sb or sth / to embrace / favor / acclaim / adulation / high demand
雨露 yǔ lù rain and dew / (fig.) favor / grace syn
情商 qíng shāng emotional intelligence / emotional intelligence quotient (EQ) (abbr. for 情緒商數|情绪商数[qing2xu4 shang1shu4]) / (Tw) to ask a special favor of (sb) syn
恩宠 恩寵 ēn chǒng special favor from a ruler / Emperor's generosity towards a favorite
争宠 爭寵 zhēng chǒng to strive for favor
卑躬屈膝 bēi gōng qū xī to bow and bend the knee (idiom) / fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor syn
钻营 鑽營 zuān yíng toadying for personal gain / to curry favor / to study in great depth syn
蒙恩 méng ēn to receive favor
趋炎附势 趨炎附勢 qū yán fù shì to curry favor (idiom) / playing up to those in power / social climbing syn
借花献佛 借花獻佛 jiè huā xiàn fó lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom) / fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property / plagiarism syn
偏倚 piān yǐ to be partial / to favor
帮帮忙 幫幫忙 bāng bang máng to help / to do a favor / (Shanghainese) Come on! / Give me a break!
ēn favor / grace / kindness syn
ē (literary) to flatter / to curry favor with syn
cháo imperial or royal court / government / dynasty / reign of a sovereign or emperor / court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor / to make a pilgrimage to / facing / towards syn
méng to cover / ignorant / to suffer (misfortune) / to receive (a favor) / to cheat syn
zuān to drill / to bore / to get into / to make one's way into / to enter (a hole) / to thread one's way through / to study intensively / to dig into / to curry favor for personal gain syn
hòu thick / deep or profound / kind / generous / rich or strong in flavor / to favor / to stress syn
(bound form) to confer / to bestow / to grant / (literary) gift / favor / Taiwan pr. [si4] syn
pool / pond / (of metals etc) luster / favor or beneficence / damp / moist syn
chǒng to love / to pamper / to spoil / to favor syn
受宠若惊 受寵若驚 shòu chǒng ruò jīng overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.) syn
感同身受 gǎn tóng shēn shòu to feel as if it had happened to oneself / to sympathize / (polite expression of gratitude for a favor received by a friend etc) I take it as a personal favor syn
奴颜婢膝 奴顏婢膝 nú yán bì xī servile and bending the knee (idiom) / fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor syn
měi to ask a favor of
博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician
法官 fǎ guān judge (in court) syn
法庭 fǎ tíng court of law syn
最高 zuì gāo tallest / highest / supreme (court etc) syn
判决 判決 pàn jué judgment (by a court of law) / to pass judgment on / to sentence syn
出庭 chū tíng to appear in court
球场 球場 qiú chǎng stadium / sports ground / court / pitch / field / golf course / CL:個|个[ge4],處|处[chu4]
后院 後院 hòu yuàn rear court / back garden / backyard (also fig.)
和解 hé jiě to settle (a dispute out of court) / to reconcile / settlement / conciliation / to become reconciled syn
开庭 開庭 kāi tíng to begin a (judicial) court session syn
庭审 庭審 tíng shěn court hearing
中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance
招惹 zhāo rě to court (trouble) / to attract (attention) / to provoke (sb) syn
胜诉 勝訴 shèng sù to win a court case
申诉 申訴 shēn sù to file a complaint / to appeal (to an authority, a higher court of justice etc) / complaint / appeal
寻死 尋死 xún sǐ to attempt suicide / to court death syn
军事法庭 軍事法庭 jūn shì fǎ tíng court-martial / military tribunal
宫廷 宮廷 gōng tíng court (of king or emperor) syn
对质 對質 duì zhì to confront (in court etc) / confrontation syn
抗辩 抗辯 kàng biàn to counter accusations / to protest / to remonstrate / to retort / to plead / to demur / a plea (of not guilty) / a defense (against an allegation) / to enter a plea to a charge (in a law court)
最高法院 zuì gāo fǎ yuàn supreme court syn
篮球场 籃球場 lán qiú chǎng basketball court
网球场 網球場 wǎng qiú chǎng tennis court
私了 sī liǎo to settle privately / to solve behind closed doors / to settle out of court
天庭 tiān tíng middle of the forehead / imperial court / heaven syn
朝廷 cháo tíng court / imperial household / dynasty syn
太监 太監 tài jiàn court eunuch / palace eunuch syn
练习场 練習場 liàn xí chǎng driving range (golf) / practice court / practice ground
高院 gāo yuàn high court
审判庭 審判庭 shěn pàn tíng court / tribunal / courtroom
诚惶诚恐 誠惶誠恐 chéng huáng chéng kǒng in fear and trepidation (idiom) / in reverence before your majesty (court formula of humility) syn
老公公 lǎo gōng gong old man / husband's father / father-in-law / court eunuch syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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