<p>Depending on your audience and degree of formality, I would offer a more graphic expression that originates in Cantonese &quot;互相擦鞋&quot; - shining each other's shoes.</p>

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monalisa
<p>Depending on the context and situation you can consider some of these:</p>
<p><strong>自嗨</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.douban.com/people/83460372/status/2971377646/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Douban</a></p>
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<p>因为难以忍受这种circle-jerk话题的自嗨臭屁。</p>
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<p>I originally wrote this as a joke but I think it's quite apt:</p>
<p><strong>互相捧场，共同成长</strong>(cháng)</p>
<p>I won't explain it here though.</p>

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I'll add more later.
Mou某
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自嗨 is a particularly good choice because it almost graphically describes the #1 definition of 'circle jerk-- *(vulgar, slang) A group of males masturbating ("jerking off") together (with or without interpersonal contact).* I have a mental image of  these guys doing what makes them happy
Tang Ho
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Mou某
<p>I would suggest 商业互吹/互捧臭脚 as popular and vulgar substitutes for 互相吹捧. These two words are trending slangs recently in Chinese online communities describing the phenomenon &quot;circle jerk&quot;.</p>

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Arthur L
<p>互戴高帽：(literal:) put a tall hat in each other's head</p>
<p>戴高帽 means to praise, often to the level of flattering.</p>
<p>So 互戴高帽 means to flatter each other.</p>

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Brian Cheung
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<p><em>My impression is it is unlikely because excessively praising each other is not considered unseemly behavior in Chinese culture in general</em></p>
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<p>I forgot a fact that even 互相吹捧 or 互相奉承 is not considered unseemly, the term 奉承 does contain derogatory sense. There is slang for 奉承, and it is <a href="https://cantoneseplus.com/word/18454" rel="nofollow noreferrer">拍馬屁</a> (flatter; kiss ass, brown nose), which is somewhat a derogatory term, therefore, 互拍馬屁 or 互相拍馬 would match 'circle jerk' quite closely.</p>

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互相吹捧 can be briefed as 互捧.
dan
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<p><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/circle_jerk" rel="nofollow noreferrer">circle jerk</a></p>
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<li>(vulgar, slang) Any group or group activity indulging in excessive mutual praise.</li>
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<p>When I try to translate this term in this context, I come up with 互相吹捧 and 互相奉承 (mutual flattering). It gets closer if I reduce 互相吹捧 to 互捧. But it doesn't contain any vulgarness or even derogatory sense like the English original does.</p>
<p>Question: Is there a counterpart in Chinese that matches this particular vulgar slang?</p>
<p>My impression is it is unlikely because excessively praising each other is not considered unseemly behavior in Chinese culture in general</p>

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互吹, 互捧, 相互抬轿, 相互拍马屁
Victor
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相互吹噓 - a tasteless act (vulgar).
r13
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Metaphorically, you can consider 互舔, which is apparently a vulgar term.
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Translation of a slang for 'mutual flattering'
# Translation of a slang for 'mutual flattering'

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-12-09)

> [circle jerk](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/circle_jerk)

> 2. (vulgar, slang) Any group or group activity indulging in excessive mutual praise.

When I try to translate this term in this context, I come up with 互相吹捧 and 互相奉承 (mutual flattering). It gets closer if I reduce 互相吹捧 to 互捧. But it doesn't contain any vulgarness or even derogatory sense like the English original does.

Question: Is there a counterpart in Chinese that matches this particular vulgar slang?

My impression is it is unlikely because excessively praising each other is not considered unseemly behavior in Chinese culture in general

**Tags:** translation, slang

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Metaphorically, you can consider 互舔, which is apparently a vulgar term.  
> **username_1**: 互吹, 互捧, 相互抬轿, 相互拍马屁  
> **username_2**: 相互吹噓 - a tasteless act (vulgar).  

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## 5 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2020-12-09. Score: 1

Depending on your audience and degree of formality, I would offer a more graphic expression that originates in Cantonese "互相擦鞋" - shining each other's shoes.


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### Answer by username_5 on 2020-12-09. Score: 1

Depending on the context and situation you can consider some of these:

**自嗨**

[Douban](https://www.douban.com/people/83460372/status/2971377646/)

> 因为难以忍受这种circle-jerk话题的自嗨臭屁。

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I originally wrote this as a joke but I think it's quite apt:

**互相捧场，共同成长**(cháng)

I won't explain it here though.

> **Comments:**
> **username_5**: I'll add more later.  
> **username_0**: 自嗨 is a particularly good choice because it almost graphically describes the #1 definition of 'circle jerk-- *(vulgar, slang) A group of males masturbating ("jerking off") together (with or without interpersonal contact).* I have a mental image of  these guys doing what makes them happy  

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### Answer by username_6 on 2021-07-20. Score: 1

I would suggest 商业互吹/互捧臭脚 as popular and vulgar substitutes for 互相吹捧. These two words are trending slangs recently in Chinese online communities describing the phenomenon "circle jerk".


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### Answer by username_7 on 2021-07-12. Score: 0

互戴高帽：(literal:) put a tall hat in each other's head

戴高帽 means to praise, often to the level of flattering.

So 互戴高帽 means to flatter each other.


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### Answer by username_0 on 2020-12-09. Score: 0

> *My impression is it is unlikely because excessively praising each other is not considered unseemly behavior in Chinese culture in general*

I forgot a fact that even 互相吹捧 or 互相奉承 is not considered unseemly, the term 奉承 does contain derogatory sense. There is slang for 奉承, and it is [拍馬屁](https://cantoneseplus.com/word/18454) (flatter; kiss ass, brown nose), which is somewhat a derogatory term, therefore, 互拍馬屁 or 互相拍馬 would match 'circle jerk' quite closely.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: 互相吹捧 can be briefed as 互捧.  

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