lui piacergli

to please him

→ piacere
piacer please + gli to him (indirect object pronoun)
verb · 3rd-person Rare #41,585
to please him With piacere, the person or thing liked is the subject; gli means “to him.”
IT: Spero di piacergli.
EN: I hope he likes me.
Conjugation of piacere

Dimenticavo di piacergli e non pensavo che a guardarlo.

I forgot that he liked me and all I could think about was looking at him.

— La vita di Adele: Capitoli 1 & 2 (2013)

Potrebbe non piacergli.

He might not like it.

— Your Name. (2016)

Continua a non piacergli l'Islam.

He still doesn't like Islam.

So di non piacergli.

I know he doesn't like me.

Credo di piacergli di più adesso.

I think he likes me more now.

— Whiplash (2014)