博取

bóqǔ

verb #24,540

Meanings

1 to win (favor, sympathy, trust)
2 to gain (approval, confidence)
3 to court (goodwill)

Characters

to win; to obtain; wide; extensive

to obtain; to take; to acquire

Examples

他用各种方式博取上司的信任。

Tā yòng gè zhǒng fāngshì bóqǔ shàngsī de xìnrèn.

He used every means possible to win his boss's trust.

这则广告是为了博取消费者的同情心。

Zhè zé guǎnggào shì wèile bóqǔ xiāofèizhě de tóngqíngxīn.

This advertisement is designed to court consumer sympathy.

Tips

usage

博取 often carries a slightly manipulative or calculated connotation — the effort to win something (trust, sympathy, applause) is strategic rather than natural. Compare with 赢得 (yíngdé), which is more neutral.

Stroke Order

博 bó

取 qǔ