委蛇 wēiyí winding Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 委蛇 wēiyí winding (literary) winding; meandering; curved and extending to pretend cooperation to deal with someone half-heartedly or superficially; to pretend interest and sympathy while staying detached, as in the pattern 虚与委蛇 xūyǔwēiyí carefree (literary) in a relaxed and carefree manner; self-possessed to slither (literary) to slither or crawl like a snake; to move in a winding fashion to follow (literary) to follow or comply with; to be obedient Frequency Written text 0.047 per million Cross-References Same as 逶迤 wēiyíSee 虚与委蛇 xūyǔwēiyíReferenced by 蛇 yí委 wēi Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
委蛇 wēiyí winding (literary) winding; meandering; curved and extending to pretend cooperation to deal with someone half-heartedly or superficially; to pretend interest and sympathy while staying detached, as in the pattern 虚与委蛇 xūyǔwēiyí carefree (literary) in a relaxed and carefree manner; self-possessed to slither (literary) to slither or crawl like a snake; to move in a winding fashion to follow (literary) to follow or comply with; to be obedient Frequency Written text 0.047 per million Cross-References Same as 逶迤 wēiyíSee 虚与委蛇 xūyǔwēiyíReferenced by 蛇 yí委 wēi Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
