讨好 tǎohǎo to please someone

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Traditional: 討好

Stroke order

讨好 is written in 11 strokes across 2 characters.

讨好 — the Chinese character for to please someone (tǎohǎo), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 讨好 — to please someone

讨 — 5 strokes
好 — 6 strokes

Senses

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

Characters in 讨好

讨 tǎo — to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for
好 hǎo — good; appropriate; proper; all right!

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

讨好 is pronounced tǎohǎo and means “to please someone”.

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