折腰 zhéyāo to bow Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 折腰 zhé//yāo to bow To bend at the waist; specifically to bow or perform a deep salute. to submit To humble oneself or stoop to serving others; to lose one's dignity for the sake of material gain or to please those in power. to admire To feel deep admiration for or be captivated by someone or something. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.180 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.447 per million Cross-References Variant of 折要 zhéyāo Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
折腰 zhé//yāo to bow To bend at the waist; specifically to bow or perform a deep salute. to submit To humble oneself or stoop to serving others; to lose one's dignity for the sake of material gain or to please those in power. to admire To feel deep admiration for or be captivated by someone or something. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.180 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.447 per million Cross-References Variant of 折要 zhéyāo Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
