to urge on a horse by patting its bottom / fig. to encourage / same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, to flatter or toady
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smashed cucumber salad
(music) beat
lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb) / fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute / it takes two to tango / it's difficult to achieve anything without support
(of marriage or business partners) to break up / to separate
lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom) / to hit it off / to click together / to chime in easily
ping-pong paddle
to boast and flatter
to resort to bragging and flattering / abbr. for 吹牛拍馬|吹牛拍马[]
to resort to bragging and flattering
land auction / to sell land at auction (abbr. for 土地拍賣|土地拍卖[])
candid photograph / genuine photograph (not set up or doctored)
hurried / impatient / rushed
(music) a half-beat behind / (fig.) rather slow (in performing a task, comprehending etc)
to beat time / to mark rhythm on drum or clapper boards
to start shooting (a film) / to invest in (a movie) / to put (sth) up for auction
to take a staged photograph
(table tennis) shakehand grip
judicial auction / to sell by judicial auction
(of an item) to fail to sell at an auction
to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom) / to use flatter to get what one wants / to toady / boot-licking
(table tennis) penhold grip
aerial photography (video or still) (Tw)
drone equipped for aerial photography
to bid (at an auction) / auction
metronome
to prepare to film / to plan a shoot
to make a photographic reproduction of an image or document etc / a reproduction / to remake a movie or TV series / a remake / to adapt (a novel etc) as a movie / an adaptation
to take a picture or video of oneself / to take a selfie / a selfie
camera self-timer (for delayed shutter release)
selfie stick
camera self-timer mode (for delayed shutter release)
selfie
selfie stick
aerial photography (video or still)
flyswatter
(Tw) (coll.) to seek sympathy
starting bid / starting price (at an auction)
to document on film the course of events / to follow sb with a camera
electric mosquito swatter
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27