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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

讨好 [táohǎo]
  1. 1. verb [取得欢心] curry favour with
  2. 2. verb [得到好效果] get a good result

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

讨好 [táohǎo]
  1. 1. ingratiate oneself with; fawn on; toady to; curry favour with
    讨好领导
    curry favour with the leadership
  2. 2. (usually used in the negative) be rewarded with a fruitful result; have one's labour rewarded
    这个工作怎么干也讨不了好儿。
    No matter how hard you work on this job, it's always a thankless task.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

讨好 [táohǎo]
  1. 1. 向别人奉承、献殷勤,以求得好感
    讨好主子。
    不用讨别人的好。
  2. 2. 取得好效果(多用于否定)
    费力不讨好

Examples

两边讨好
try to please both sides
那个人特别善于阿谀奉承,讨好上司。
That man is always toadying to his superiors at work.
他有狷介之气,绝对不会刻意讨好上司。
He is upright and would never fawn on his boss deliberately.
他为了讨好女朋友,一再表示愿意给她当男佣。
In order to curry favour with his girlfriend, he said that he was willing to be her manservant again and again.
他善于察言观色,讨好上司。
He's very good at reading people and ingratiating himself with his superiors.
"马屁精"是对善于讨好上级的人的鄙称。
要坚持原则,不能八面玲珑,讨好各方。
为了讨好上司,他常说些凑趣儿的话
这人很油滑,专会两面讨好

Collocations

讨好卖乖
eager-beaver
讨好上司
to suck up to one's superiors
讨好别人
to flatter others
竭力讨好
throw oneself at someone
费力不讨好
to spare no pains but get no gains

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