俯首帖耳 fǔshǒutiē'ěr docile and obedient Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 俯首帖耳 fǔshǒutiē'ěr docile and obedient (idiom) to bow one's head and hang one's ears; describes a person being extremely submissive, servile, or at someone's beck and call; often used with a negative tone Frequency Written text 0.094 per million Cross-References Variant of 俯首贴耳 fǔshǒutiē'ěr伏首帖耳 fúshǒutiē'ěr伏首贴耳 fúshǒutiē'ěr俛首帖耳 fǔshǒutiē'ěr俛首贴耳 fǔshǒutiē'ěrAntonym 不卑不亢 bùbēibùkàng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
俯首帖耳 fǔshǒutiē'ěr docile and obedient (idiom) to bow one's head and hang one's ears; describes a person being extremely submissive, servile, or at someone's beck and call; often used with a negative tone Frequency Written text 0.094 per million Cross-References Variant of 俯首贴耳 fǔshǒutiē'ěr伏首帖耳 fúshǒutiē'ěr伏首贴耳 fúshǒutiē'ěr俛首帖耳 fǔshǒutiē'ěr俛首贴耳 fǔshǒutiē'ěrAntonym 不卑不亢 bùbēibùkàng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)