纡尊降贵 — Chinese idiom
纡尊降贵
yū zūn jiàng guì
Traditional: 紆尊降貴
Meaning
- to show deference to sb of lower status; to condescend; to deign
Character by character
- 纡yūto twist, to turn, to bend; to distort
- 尊zūnto honor, to respect, to venerate
- 降jiàngto descend, to fall; to drop, to lower
- 贵guìexpensive, costly; valuable, precious
Idioms sharing a character
- 妄自尊大 wàng zì zūn dà
- 威尊命贱 wēi zūn mìng jiàn
- 安富尊荣 ān fù zūn róng
- 定于一尊 dìng yú yī zūn
- 悉听尊便 xī tīng zūn biàn
- 敝屣尊荣 bì xǐ zūn róng
- 敬老尊贤 jìng lǎo zūn xián
- 男尊女卑 nán zūn nǚ bēi
- 养尊处优 yǎng zūn chǔ yōu
- 喜从天降 xǐ cóng tiān jiàng
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