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pěng

Definition

to clasp
to cup the hands
to hold (up with both hands)
to offer (especially in cupped hands)
to praise
to flatter

Character Decomposition

Related words (17)

fall-guy; supporting role in comic dialog 对口相声

to cheer on (originally esp. as paid stooge); to root for sb; to sing sb's praises; to flatter

to hold up with both hands

causing sb to fail due to excessive praise

to win a championship; to come out top; to take the cup

uproarious; hilarious; to split one's sides laughing; (lit.) to hold one's belly with both hands

(wedding) bouquet

to praise an actor; adulation

to read (honorific: e.g. your distinguished article)

pěng shàng tiān

to praise to the skies

pěng dào tiān shàng

(lit.) to hold up to the skies; (fig.) to praise lavishly

pěng fù dà xiào

uproarious; hilarious; to split one's sides laughing; (lit.) to hold one's belly with both hands

pěng fù jué dǎo

doubled up with laughter

to flatter; to laud sb's accomplishments; adulation

a craze; a popular wave; a hit with the public

to chase after (a popular person or item); to pursue; popularity

zhòng xīng pěng yuè

(lit.) all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure; to group around a revered leader; to revolve around sb

Idioms (2)

duō tún pěng pì

to hold up buttocks and praise a fart (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants; to toady; boot-licking

hú chuī luàn pěng

indiscriminate admiration (idiom)

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