五体投地 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to prostrate oneself in admiration ; to adulate sb

Character by character

• 五wǔfive; surname
• 体tǐbody; group, class; form, style, system
• 投tóuto pitch, to throw; to bid, to invest
• 地dìearth, ground, soil; land, region; structural part

Idioms sharing a character

• 一五一十 yī wǔ yī shí
• 三五成群 sān wǔ chéng qún
• 三令五申 sān lìng wǔ shēn
• 三番五次 sān fān wǔ cì
• 三纲五常 sān gāng wǔ cháng
• 五光十色 wǔ guāng shí sè
• 五味俱全 wǔ wèi jù quán
• 五味杂陈 wǔ wèi zá chén
• 五彩缤纷 wǔ cǎi bīn fēn
• 五色缤纷 wǔ sè bīn fēn

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