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拼命讨好

pīn mìng tǎo hǎodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to throw oneself at sb or sth / to bend over backwards to help
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-9f8f9b4a4c42344d. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

拼命討好 拼命讨好 [pin1 ming4 tao3 hao3] /to throw oneself at sb or sth/to bend over backwards to help/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 拼命討好

  • 拼
    pīn

    to piece together / to put together / to pool (resources etc) / to share / to risk all / to go all out / to spell (words)

  • 命
    mìng

    life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc

  • 讨
    tǎo

    to invite / to provoke / to demand or ask for / to send armed forces to suppress / to denounce or condemn / to marry (a woman) / to discuss or study

  • 好
    hǎo

    good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a form of address) hello

    hào

    to be fond of / to have a tendency to / to be prone to

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.