卑躬屈膝 — Chinese idiom
卑躬屈膝
bēi gōng qū xī
Meaning
- to bow and bend the knee ; fawning
- bending and scraping to curry favor
Character by character
- 卑bēihumble, low, inferior; to despise
- 躬gōngto bow; personally, in person; oneself
- 屈qūto bend, to flex; bent, crooked, crouched
- 膝xīknee
Idioms sharing a character
- 不卑不亢 bù bēi bù kàng
- 卑以自牧 bēi yǐ zì mù
- 卑鄙无耻 bēi bǐ wú chǐ
- 卑鄙龌龊 bēi bǐ wò chuò
- 卑陋龌龊 bēi lòu wò chuò
- 男尊女卑 nán zūn nǚ bēi
- 鞠躬尽瘁 jū gōng jìn cuì
- 坚强不屈 jiān qiáng bù qū
- 坚贞不屈 jiān zhēn bù qū
- 宁死不屈 nìng sǐ bù qū
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