前倨后恭 — Chinese idiom
前倨后恭
qián jù hòu gōng
Traditional: 前倨後恭
Meaning
- to switch from arrogance to deference
Character by character
- 前qiánin front, forward; former, preceding
- 倨jùarrogant, haughty, rude
- 后hòuafter; behind, rear; descendants
- 恭gōngpolite, respectful, reverent
Idioms sharing a character
- 一往无前 yī wǎng wú qián
- 一雪前耻 yī xuě qián chǐ
- 不计前嫌 bù jì qián xián
- 不顾前后 bù gù qián hòu
- 停滞不前 tíng zhì bù qián
- 光前裕后 guāng qián yù hòu
- 冰释前嫌 bīng shì qián xián
- 前世姻缘 qián shì yīn yuán
- 前仆后继 qián pū hòu jì
- 前功尽弃 qián gōng jìn qì
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