Does 意思意思 have an English translation？
'In this context，someone wants a promotion and someone needs to 意思意思 his superior；'

fawn(v.): 

Old English fægnian "rejoice, be glad, exult, applaud," from fægen "glad" (see fain); used in Middle English to refer to expressions of delight, especially a dog wagging its tail (early 13c.), hence "court favor, grovel, act slavishly" (early 14c.). Related: Fawned; fawning.

你要讨好老板， 就是你得‘fawn'. 'fawn upon someone'

'grovelling' also has this meaning and 'curry favour with someone'.

fawn: 
to seek notice or favor by servile demeanor:


  The courtiers fawned over the king.


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