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奴颜婢膝
nú​yán​bì​xī

servile

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
奴颜婢膝 奴顏婢膝 nú​yán​bì​xī
servile
subservient and fawning; acting in a humble and scraping manner to curry favor; literally 'the face of a slave and the knees of a maidservant'

Frequency

Written text
0.093 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 卑躬屈膝 bēi​gōng​qū​xī

Antonym

  • 坚贞不屈 jiān​zhēn​bù​qū

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)