溜须拍马

liū xū pāi mǎ de rén men

溜须拍马的人们

sycophant

zhèng zhí de rén yīng gāi kào zì jǐ de nǔ lì qǔ dé chéng gōng ér bù shi liū xū pāi mǎ qù tǎo hǎo shàng jí

正直的人应该靠自己的努力取得成功，而不是溜须拍马去讨好上级。

An upright person should achieve success through his own efforts instead of toadying to his boss.

měi gè yǒu cái huá de rén zhōu wéi zǒng yǒu yī bāng píng yōng wú néng de liū xū pāi mǎ zhě

每个有才华的人周围总有一帮平庸无能的溜须拍马者。

Every talented person or two is surrounded by a bunch of mediocre, incompetent sycophants.

nà zhǐ bu guò shì yǐ lìng rén zuò ǒu de liū xū pāi mǎ wéi néng shì de xīn wén bào dào

那只不过是以令人作呕的溜须拍马为能事的新闻报道。

Nauseatingly fawning journalism that's all it is.