day 22flattery and tricks

flattery and tricks

Spot flattery, pressure and tricks (sucking up, sweet-talking, traps and cover-ups), and scold someone gently with 你看你.

today’s words

• 巴结 bājie · to suck up to, to curry favour with
• 讨好 tǎohǎo · to try to please
• 迎合 yínghé · to cater to, to pander to
• 拉拢 lālǒng · to win over, to rope in
• 讨 tǎo · to ask for; to provoke (a reaction)
• 依附 yīfù · to depend on, to attach oneself to
• 追随 zhuīsuí · to follow (a leader, an idea)
• 顺从 shùncóng · obedient; to submit to
• 听从 tīngcóng · to follow (advice, orders)
• 使唤 shǐhuan · to order about
• 逼迫 bīpò · to force, to compel
• 迫使 pòshǐ · to force, to compel (something to happen)
• 强加 qiángjiā · to impose (on)
• 制服 zhìfú · to subdue, to overpower; uniform
• 纵容 zòngróng · to indulge, to let get away with
• 怂恿 sǒngyǒng · to egg on, to incite
• 引诱 yǐnyòu · to lure, to entice
• 诱惑 yòuhuò · temptation; to tempt
• 哄 hǒng · to coax; to fool
• 蒙 mēng · to fool, to cheat (spoken)
• 忽悠 hūyou · to con, to sweet-talk (spoken)
• 算计 suànjì · to scheme against; to calculate
• 诡计 guǐjì · trick, ruse
• 圈套 quāntào · trap, snare
• 搞鬼 gǎoguǐ · to play tricks, to be up to something
• 耍赖 shuǎlài · to go back on one’s word, to be a sore loser
• 钻空子 zuānkòngzi · to exploit a loophole
• 把柄 bǎbǐng · handle; something to use against someone
• 假装 jiǎzhuāng · to pretend
• 伪装 wěizhuāng · to disguise; disguise
• 掩饰 yǎnshì · to cover up, to hide
• 瞒 mán · to hide the truth from
• 隐瞒 yǐnmán · to conceal
• 隐情 yǐnqíng · a hidden reason, the inside story
• 试探 shìtan · to sound out

sentences

• 你看你，又把钥匙忘在家里了！ · Look at you, you’ve left your keys at home again!
• 你看你，衣服都湿透了，快进来。 · Look at you, you’re soaked through! Come on in.
• 他整天巴结领导，想快点升官。 · He sucks up to the boss all day, hoping for a quick promotion.
• 骗子伪装成客服，引诱老人交钱。 · The scammers pose as customer service and trick old people into paying.
• 这个圈套设计得颇为巧妙。 · This trap was rather cleverly designed.