吹拍

chuīpāi

verb

Meanings

HSK 5

我最讨厌那种只会吹拍的人。

Wǒ zuì tǎoyàn nà zhǒng zhǐ huì chuīpāi de rén.

I most despise the kind of person who only knows how to brag and brown-nose.

HSK 7-9

他靠吹拍上司爬上了这个位置。

Tā kào chuīpāi shàngsī páshàng le zhè gè wèizhi.

He climbed to this position by sucking up to his boss.

memory

Short for 吹牛拍马 (chuīniú pāimǎ, 'blow-cow slap-horse'). 吹牛 = bragging, 拍马 (short for 拍马屁) = flattering. 吹拍 grabs the first character of each.

吹 chuī

拍 pāi