卑躬屈膝
bēi​gōng​qū​xī

to bow and scrape

  • created reference approved 卑躬屈膝 → 卑躬屈节/卑躬屈節 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    卑躬屈膝 bēi​gōng​qū​xī

    卑躬屈节 / 卑躬屈節 bēi​gōng​qū​jié

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 卑躬屈膝 · bēi​gōng​qū​xī · to bow and scrape — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    卑躬屈膝

    bēi​gōng​qū​xī

    to bow and scrape

    to behave servilely or obsequiously; fawning and bending the knee to curry favor or flatter others

    卑 (literal) → 卑 · bēi · humble 躬 (literal) → 躬 · gōng · to bow 屈膝 (literal) → 屈膝 · qū​xī · to surrender

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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