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摇尾乞怜
yáo​wěi​qǐ​lián

fawn

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
摇尾乞怜 (搖尾乞憐) yáo​wěi​qǐ​lián
fawn verb
to behave in a servile or sycophantic manner to gain favor or mercy, much like a dog wagging its tail; to grovel or bow and scrape

Frequency

Written text
0.128 per million

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)
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