Definition & Meaning

1.ridicule; satirize

2.curry favour with somebody in authority for personal gain

zuàn cì

钻 刺

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1
v.fmlridicule; satirize
- tā zǒng ài zuàn cì chuī qiú
  他总爱钻刺吹求。
  He always likes making carping criticism.
2
v.fmlcurry favour with somebody in authority for personal gain
- tā shì gè qióng rú nǎ yǒu yín zi zuàn cì
  他是个穷儒，哪有银子钻刺。
  As a poor Confucian scholar, he had no money to further his career by ingratiating himself with influential people.

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