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Home / Idiom / 卖身投靠

basely offer to serve the enemy · barter away one's honor for somebody's patronage

卖身投靠
mài shēn tóu kào
m+ài·4th tonesh+ēn·1st tonet+óu·2nd tonek+ào·4th tone
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power · social climbing趋炎附势qū yán fù shìto bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning · bending and scraping to curry favor卑躬屈膝bēi gōng qū xīto go over to the enemy · to defect投敌tóu dílit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal · to sell oneself to the enemy认贼作父rèn zéi zuò fù
Antonyms
faithful and unchanging (idiom); steadfast坚贞不屈jiān zhēn bù qūlit. red-bellied devotion (idiom); wholehearted loyalty · to serve sb with body and soul赤胆忠心chì dǎn zhōng xīn
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