吮癰舐痔
Meanings
1
currying favor; brown-nosing; bootlicking
rare term
Rare, literary expression for shamelessly ingratiating oneself with a superior. The literal meaning is 'sucking pus from carbuncles and licking hemorrhoids', describing extreme sycophancy.
The phrase 吮癰舐痔 is a classical idiom that refers to the ugly act of fawning over one's boss.