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摧眉折腰
cuī​méi​zhé​yāo

to bow and scrape

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
摧眉折腰 cuī​méi​zhé​yāo
to bow and scrape
to lower one's head and bend one's back; used to describe a submissive or fawning attitude when flattering those in power

Frequency

Written text
0.135 per million

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)