TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 詞
拍馬屁
ㄆㄞ ㄇㄚˇ ㄆㄧˋ · pāimǎpì
verb phrase — to flatter, suck up to, butter someone up
字源 FORM — what the parts do
拍to pat, slap (拍打)pāi
馬a horse (馬匹)mǎ
屁the rump, backside (屁股)pì
拍馬屁，拍打的拍，馬匹的馬，屁股的屁。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
拍著馬的屁股，誇牠是好馬。
A man pats (拍) the rump (屁) of someone's horse (馬) and calls it a fine beast — praise aimed at the owner, not the animal.
記憶法
關 · Related
奉承fèngchengto flatter — the formal word for it精mǎpìjīnga bootlicker — the one who by habit