Definition

Examples

• 他听了几句奉承话就不知道东南西北了。
  Tā tīng le jǐ jù fèng chéng huà jiù bù zhīdào dōngnán xīběi le.
  After hearing a few words of flattery, he didn't know which way was up.
• 我不喜欢听那些虚伪的奉承话。
  Wǒ bù xǐhuan tīng nàxiē xūwěi de fèng chéng huà.
  I don't like listening to those hypocritical flattering words.
• 她嘴上说奉承话，心里其实很看不起对方。
  Tā zuǐ shàng shuō fèng chéng huà, xīnli qíshí hěn kànbuqǐ duìfāng.
  She verbally offered flattery, but in her heart she actually looked down on the other person.