tǎo hǎo

Traditional: 討好

HSK 7–9

讨好 (tǎo hǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “to get the desired outcome; to win favor by fawning on sb; to curry favor with”.

Meanings

  1. 1to get the desired outcome
  2. 2to win favor by fawning on sb
  3. 3to curry favor with
  4. 4a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor

Characters in 讨好

讨tǎo · to invite好hǎo · good

Related words

好good好to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to好像as if好好well; carefully; nicely; properly讨厌to dislike不好意思to feel embarrassed不好no good好运good luck讨论to discuss; to talk over美好beautiful正好just (in time)好事good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed")

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