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<li>意思意思*</li>
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<p><strong>ABC</strong></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>as a mere token</p>
</blockquote>

<p><strong>KEY</strong></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>do sth as a token; serve as a token</p>
</blockquote>

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2017-08-25T14:27:24.023Z
2017-08-25T14:27:24.023Z
Mou某
<p>'In this context，someone wants a promotion and someone needs to 意思意思 his superior；'</p>

<p>fawn(v.): </p>

<p>Old English fægnian "rejoice, be glad, exult, applaud," from fægen "glad" (see fain); used in Middle English to refer to expressions of delight, especially a dog wagging its tail (early 13c.), hence "court favor, grovel, act slavishly" (early 14c.). Related: Fawned; fawning.</p>

<p>你要讨好老板， 就是你得‘fawn'. 'fawn upon someone'</p>

<p>'grovelling' also has this meaning and 'curry favour with someone'.</p>

<p>fawn: 
to seek notice or favor by servile demeanor:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The courtiers fawned over the king.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I found this: <a href="https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/1446521891194685020.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/1446521891194685020.html</a></p>

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2017-08-26T14:03:59.537Z
Suck up and brown nose maybe? I've had a very hard time to deal with huge synonyms and so-called thesaurus in English. Sometimes, I can't differentiate those.
dan
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2017-08-26T22:19:03.460Z
Post the Chinese sentence you want to translate, I'll try to change it to reasonable English.
Pedroski
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Pedroski
<p>In this context，someone wants a promotion and someone needs to 意思意思 his superior；意思意思 means bribery and it is supposed to invoke nepotism。</p>

<p>Does English have a word or idiom like 意思意思？</p>

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2017-08-30T02:22:41.783Z
这是我的**一点心意** / **一点表示**, means **a little something**, **compliments**, later the expression changes to 一点意思, like: 这是我的**一点意思**.
xenophōn
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2017-08-25T15:23:20.470Z
answer in online dictionaries: bkrs:coll. as a mere token
以送礼、请客等方式表示心意。jukuu: 意思意思, samples 7  .  To serve as a token
 意思意思 9.  It's the thought that counts.
 意思意思就行了。
user6065
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Does 意思意思 have an English translation？
# Does 意思意思 have an English translation？

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-08-25)

In this context，someone wants a promotion and someone needs to 意思意思 his superior；意思意思 means bribery and it is supposed to invoke nepotism。

Does English have a word or idiom like 意思意思？

**Tags:** translation, culture

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: answer in online dictionaries: bkrs:coll. as a mere token 以送礼、请客等方式表示心意。jukuu: 意思意思, samples 7  .  To serve as a token  意思意思 9.  It's the thought that counts.  意思意思就行了。  
> **username_1**: 这是我的**一点心意** / **一点表示**, means **a little something**, **compliments**, later the expression changes to 一点意思, like: 这是我的**一点意思**.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2017-08-25. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

'In this context，someone wants a promotion and someone needs to 意思意思 his superior；'

fawn(v.):

Old English fægnian "rejoice, be glad, exult, applaud," from fægen "glad" (see fain); used in Middle English to refer to expressions of delight, especially a dog wagging its tail (early 13c.), hence "court favor, grovel, act slavishly" (early 14c.). Related: Fawned; fawning.

你要讨好老板， 就是你得‘fawn'. 'fawn upon someone'

'grovelling' also has this meaning and 'curry favour with someone'.

fawn:
to seek notice or favor by servile demeanor:

> The courtiers fawned over the king.

I found this: <https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/1446521891194685020.html>

> **Comments:**
> **username_5**: Suck up and brown nose maybe? I've had a very hard time to deal with huge synonyms and so-called thesaurus in English. Sometimes, I can't differentiate those.  
> **username_4**: Post the Chinese sentence you want to translate, I'll try to change it to reasonable English.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2017-08-25. Score: 1

* 意思意思\*

**ABC**

> as a mere token

**KEY**

> do sth as a token; serve as a token


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