低首下心 — Chinese idiom
低首下心
dī shǒu xià xīn
Meaning
- to be fawningly submissive
Character by character
- 低dīlow; to lower, to hang; to bend, to bow
- 首shǒuchief, head, leader
- 下xiàbelow, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
Idioms sharing a character
- 一见高低 yī jiàn gāo dī
- 不识高低 bù shí gāo dī
- 低声细语 dī shēng xì yǔ
- 扒高踩低 pá gāo cǎi dī
- 眼高手低 yǎn gāo shǒu dī
- 高低不就 gāo dī bù jiù
- 俯首帖耳 fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
- 俯首称臣 fǔ shǒu chēng chén
- 搔首弄姿 sāo shǒu nòng zī
- 昂首天外 áng shǒu tiān wài
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