奴颜婢膝
nú​yán​bì​xī

servile

  • created reference approved 奴颜婢膝/奴顏婢膝 → 卑躬屈膝 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    奴颜婢膝 / 奴顏婢膝 nú​yán​bì​xī

    卑躬屈膝 bēi​gōng​qū​xī

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 奴颜婢膝/奴顏婢膝 · nú​yán​bì​xī · servile — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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'

    奴 (literal) → 奴 · nú · slave 颜 (literal) → 颜/顏 · yán · face 婢 (literal) → 婢 · bì · female servant 膝 (literal) → 膝 · xī · to kneel

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

    created sense