Word Meaning お髭の塵を払う

おひげのちりをはらう ohige no chiri o harau

お髭の塵を払う is read as おひげのちりをはらう (ohige no chiri o harau) and means to flatter a higher-up.

Meaning

English

to flatter a higher-up
to suck up to
to curry favour
to brush the dirt from a beard

Reading

Kana

おひげのちりをはらう

Romaji

ohige no chiri o harau

Writing Variants

御髭の塵を払う おひげのちりをはらう ohige no chiri o harau

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 44 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 準1級 Proverb ✓ Rank 153943 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

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お髭の塵を取る

おひげのちりをとる

to flatter a higher-up

塵払い

ちりはらい

duster

お支払方法

おしはらいほうほう

payment method

支払う

しはらう

to pay

払う

はらう

to drive away (e.g. one's competitors)

酔っ払う

よっぱらう

to get drunk

追い払う

おいはらう

to drive away

取り払う

とりはらう

to clear away

落ち着き払う

おちつきはらう

to stay calm

売り払う

うりはらう

to sell off

引き払う

ひきはらう

to vacate

撃払う

うちはらう

to drive someone off with gunfire