点头哈腰
diǎn​tóu​hā​yāo

to bow and scrape

  • created sense approved 点头哈腰/點頭哈腰 · diǎn​tóu​hā​yāo · to bow and scrape — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    点头哈腰 / 點頭哈腰

    diǎn​tóu​hā​yāo

    to bow and scrape

    to nod one's head and bow repeatedly; used to describe someone being overly polite, servile, or fawning

    点头 (literal) → 点头/點頭 · diǎn​tóu · to nod 哈腰 (literal) → 哈腰 · hā​yāo · to bow

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

    created sense