攀亲道故

pānqīndàogù

claim ties of blood or friendship

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pān qīn dào gù

v. claim kinship

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pan1 qin1 dao4 gu4

to use old friends to climb socially (idiom); to suck up to sb

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攀亲道故

pān qīn dào gù

claim ties of blood or friendship; profess to be a close relative or an old friend of sb.

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攀親道故|攀亲道故 [pān qīn dào gù] ► to use old friends to climb socially (idiom); to suck up to sb