卑躬屈节
bēi gōng qū jié
Pinyin

Definition

卑躬屈节
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bēi gōng qū jié
  1. to bow and scrape
  2. to act servilely

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

卑微
bēi wēi
  1. 1 lowly
  2. 2 humble
委屈
wěi qu
  1. 1 to feel wronged
  2. 2 to cause sb to feel wronged
  3. 3 grievance
自卑
zì bēi
  1. 1 feeling inferior
  2. 2 self-abased
不卑不亢
bù bēi bù kàng
  1. 1 neither servile nor overbearing (idiom)
  2. 2 neither obsequious nor supercilious
不屈不挠
bù qū bù náo
  1. 1 unyielding
  2. 2 indomitable
卑劣
bēi liè
  1. 1 base
  2. 2 mean
  3. 3 despicable
卑贱
bēi jiàn
  1. 1 lowly
  2. 2 mean and low
卑鄙
bēi bǐ
  1. 1 base
  2. 2 mean
  3. 3 contemptible
  4. 4 despicable
屈
Qū
  1. 1 surname Qu
屈原
Qū Yuán
  1. 1 Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷|离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞
屈服
qū fú
  1. 1 to surrender
  2. 2 to succumb
  3. 3 to yield
  4. 4 (as a transitive verb) to defeat
  5. 5 to prevail over
屈辱
qū rǔ
  1. 1 to humiliate
  2. 2 humiliating
憋屈
biē qū
  1. 1 sullen
谦卑
qiān bēi
  1. 1 humble
阿尔卑斯
Ā ěr bēi sī
  1. 1 Alps (mountain range)
鞠躬
jū gōng
  1. 1 to bow
  2. 2 (literary) to bend down
鞠躬尽瘁
jū gōng jìn cuì
  1. 1 to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost
不屈
bù qū
  1. 1 unyielding
  2. 2 unbending
事必躬亲
shì bì gōng qīn
  1. 1 to attend to everything personally
冤屈
yuān qū
  1. 1 to receive unjust treatment
  2. 2 injustice

Idioms (19)

不卑不亢
bù bēi bù kàng
  1. 1 neither servile nor overbearing (idiom)
  2. 2 neither obsequious nor supercilious
卑之，毋甚高论
bēi zhī , wú shèn gāo lùn
  1. 1 my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion
  2. 2 what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary
卑之，无甚高论
bēi zhī , wú shèn gāo lùn
  1. 1 my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion
  2. 2 what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary
卑卑不足道
bēi bēi bù zú dào
  1. 1 to be too petty or insignificant to mention
  2. 2 to not be worth mentioning (idiom)
卑躬屈膝
bēi gōng qū xī
  1. 1 to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning
  2. 2 bending and scraping to curry favor
卑鄙龌龊
bēi bǐ wò chuò
  1. 1 sordid and contemptible (idiom); vile and repulsive (esp. character or action)
卑陋龌龊
bēi lòu wò chuò
  1. 1 sordid and contemptible (idiom); vile and repulsive (esp. character or action)
坚强不屈
jiān qiáng bù qū
  1. 1 staunch and unyielding (idiom); steadfast
坚贞不屈
jiān zhēn bù qū
  1. 1 faithful and unchanging (idiom); steadfast
宁死不屈
nìng sǐ bù qū
  1. 1 rather die than submit (idiom)
屈指可数
qū zhǐ kě shǔ
  1. 1 can be counted on one's fingers (idiom)
  2. 2 very few
理屈词穷
lǐ qū cí qióng
  1. 1 faulty argument and poor rhetoric (idiom); unable to put forward any convincing arguments
  2. 2 without a leg to stand on
男尊女卑
nán zūn nu:3 bēi
  1. 1 to regard men as superior to women (idiom)
能伸能屈
néng shēn néng qū
  1. 1 can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take
  2. 2 flexible
能屈能伸
néng qū néng shēn
  1. 1 can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take
  2. 2 flexible
鞠躬尽力
jū gōng jìn lì
  1. 1 to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost
  2. 2 same as 鞠躬盡瘁|鞠躬尽瘁[jū gōng jìn cuì]
鞠躬尽瘁
jū gōng jìn cuì
  1. 1 to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost
鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已
jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐ
  1. 1 to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life
  2. 2 with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day
首屈一指
shǒu qū yī zhǐ
  1. 1 to count as number one (idiom); second to none
  2. 2 outstanding

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