俯首帖耳 — Chinese idiom
俯首帖耳
fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
Meaning
- bowed head and ears glued ; docile and obedient
- at sb's beck and call
Character by character
- 俯fǔto bow down, to face down, to look down
- 首shǒuchief, head, leader
- 帖tiēcard, invite, notice; to fit snugly
- 耳ěrear; to hear, to hear of; handle
Idioms sharing a character
- 俯拾皆是 fǔ shí jiē shì
- 俯首称臣 fǔ shǒu chēng chén
- 与世俯仰 yǔ shì fǔ yǎng
- 低首下心 dī shǒu xià xīn
- 搔首弄姿 sāo shǒu nòng zī
- 昂首天外 áng shǒu tiān wài
- 昂首挺胸 áng shǒu tǐng xiōng
- 昂首阔步 áng shǒu kuò bù
- 畏首畏尾 wèi shǒu wèi wěi
- 痛心疾首 tòng xīn jí shǒu
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