马屁精

馬屁精

mǎpìjīng

noun

Meanings

1 sycophant
2 bootlicker
3 brown-noser
4 toady

Characters

Examples

他就是个马屁精，见到领导就夸。

Tā jiù shì ge mǎpìjīng, jiàndào lǐngdǎo jiù kuā.

He's such a brown-noser — he flatters the boss on sight.

没人喜欢公司里的马屁精。

Méi rén xǐhuan gōngsī lǐ de mǎpìjīng.

Nobody likes the office suck-up.

Tips

memory

Built from 拍马屁 ('to pat the horse's rear' = to flatter) + 精 (spirit / expert). Literally 'a flattery-spirit.' Picture someone so polished at ass-kissing they've become a demon of the craft.

Stroke Order

马 mǎ

屁 pì

精 jīng