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捧杀 pěngshā: to kill with praise, and developments/expansions on this.
https:// chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/54129/how-to-translate-%E6%8D%A7%E6%9D%80
Listening to Guilty By Definition, a book by Susie Dent.
Enjoying it. Not high literature. Wondering about dynamics in Dent's family of origin.
One rare word that gets defined is Sardonion: 17th c. noun A person who flatters with lethal intent.