俯仰
fǔ yǎng
Pinyin

Definition

俯仰
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fǔ yǎng
  1. lowering and raising of the head
  2. (fig.) small move
  3. pitch (position angle)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

yǎng wàng
  1. 1 to look up at
  2. 2 to look up to sb hopefully
xìn yǎng
  1. 1 to believe in (a religion)
  2. 2 firm belief
  3. 3 conviction
yǎng tiān
  1. 1 to face upwards
  2. 2 to look up to the sky
yǎng mù
  1. 1 to admire
yǎng wò
  1. 1 to lie supine

Idioms (11)

久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
  1. 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
人仰马翻
rén yǎng mǎ fān
  1. 1 to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom)
  2. 2 in a pitiful state
  3. 3 in a complete mess
  4. 4 to roll (with laughter)
仰人鼻息
yǎng rén bí xī
  1. 1 to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living
仰屋著书
yǎng wū zhù shū
  1. 1 lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
俯拾皆是
fǔ shí jiē shì
  1. 1 lit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. extremely common
  3. 3 easily available