点头哈腰 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to nod one's head and bow ; bowing and scraping
• unctuous fawning

Character by character

• 点diǎndot, point, speck
• 头tóuhead; chief, boss; first, top
• 哈hāthe sound of laughter
• 腰yāowaist, lower back; middle; pocket

Idioms sharing a character

• 指点江山 zhǐ diǎn jiāng shān
• 文不加点 wén bù jiā diǎn
• 煽风点火 shān fēng diǎn huǒ
• 画龙点睛 huà lóng diǎn jīng
• 蜻蜓点水 qīng tíng diǎn shuǐ
• 装点门面 zhuāng diǎn mén miàn
• 点水不漏 diǎn shuǐ bù lòu
• 点睛之笔 diǎn jīng zhī bǐ
• 点石成金 diǎn shí chéng jīn
• 点金成铁 diǎn jīn chéng tiě

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