liếm đít

Definition
  1. Verb (Thô tục):
    • To lick someone's ass (vulgar): To behave in an extremely obsequious, servile, or fawning manner towards someone in a position of power or authority, typically to gain favor or advantage. It implies a complete lack of self-respect and dignity.
    • To brown-nose (vulgar), to suck up to someone (informal): To flatter or be overly obedient to someone, especially a superior, in a way that is obvious and contemptible.
Usage Examples
  • Verb:
    • Hắn ta chẳng có tài cán gì, chỉ giỏi liếm đít sếp để được thăng chức. (He has no real skills; he's just good at licking the boss's ass to get promoted.)
    • Tôi ghét những kẻ liếm đít trong công ty. (I hate the brown-nosers in the company.)
    • Đừng có liếm đít nó nữa, nó cũng chẳng coi trọng cậu đâu. (Stop sucking up to him; he doesn't even respect you.)
Advanced Usage
  • This term is exclusively vulgar and highly offensive. It is used to express strong contempt for the person performing the action. It is not suitable for formal, polite, or professional contexts.
Variants and Related Words
  • Nịnh hót (verb): To flatter, to adulate. (Less vulgar, more general term for flattery).
  • Xu nịnh (verb): To fawn, to toady. (Formal/literary term for obsequious behavior).
  • Bợ đỡ (verb): To curry favor, to be sycophantic. (Colloquial and derogatory, but less vulgar than "liếm đít").
  • Kẻ liếm đít (noun, vulgar): An ass-licker, a brown-noser, a suck-up.
Synonyms
  • Bợ đỡ: To grovel, to be sycophantic.
  • Nịnh bợ: To flatter obsequiously.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
  • Liếm gót (verb, literary/derogatory): Literally "to lick the heels," a classical derogatory term for servile flattery, similar to "to lick someone's boots" in English.
Related Idioms
  • Nịnh như Tạ Thị: To flatter excessively (from a historical/cultural reference). This is a set phrase describing extreme flattery.