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Home / Idiom / 曲意逢迎

to bow down to everything sb says or does · to act submissively in order to ingratiate oneself

曲意逢迎
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
servile低三下四dī sān xià sìto curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power · social climbing趋炎附势qū yán fù shìto flatter谄媚chǎn mèisuck (or lick) ulcers and piles of another person · to lickspit · sycophancy吮痈舐痔shǔn yōng shì zhìcringe and smile obsequiously · play the sycophant胁肩谄笑xié jiān chǎn xiàoto adapt to sb's taste · to fit sb's fancy投其所好tóu qí suǒ hào
Antonyms
upright and plainspoken刚正不阿gāng zhèng bù ēto speak bluntly (idiom) · not to mince words直言不讳zhí yán bù huì
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