趋炎附势

to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power / social climbing

Characters and words in 趋炎附势

to hasten / to hurry / to walk fast / to approach / to tend towards / to converge

= + : Cupid (qu) loves to do Nordic walking (走) in front of the space station (Ø1), but today he has to move a lot faster (趋) than usually, otherwise the gardener will catch him with his lawn mower (刍).
flame / inflammation / -itis

= : Mnemonic symbol: As I just learned "itis" is the feeling you get after eating too much.

= : Maud Younger ate too much just inside anthill. She's sleeping so hard that she doesn't even wake up from the fire which is spreading fast.
variant of 附[fu4]

= + : The pope (阝) hands Frieda Fuchs (fu) a paycheck (付) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but the present comes with strings attached (附): Attached (附) to the paycheck is a contract stating that she can only cash it in if she joins the church.
to add / to attach / to be close to / to be attached

= + : The pope (阝) hands Frieda Fuchs (fu) a paycheck (付) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but the present comes with strings attached (附): Attached (附) to the paycheck is a contract stating that she can only cash it in if she joins the church.
power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals

= + : The space station's scientists want to conduct an experiment in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to find the momentum (势) and potential energy (势) of a pendulum in zero gravity. Everything is already set up, they just have to push the power button (力)—but Sherlock Holmes (sh) insists on seeing their license (执) first before he allows it.

Words with 趋炎附势

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