俯首称臣 (俯首稱臣)
fǔ shǒu chēng chén
Pinyin

Definition

俯首称臣 (俯首稱臣)
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fǔ shǒu chēng chén
  1. to bow before (idiom)
  2. to capitulate

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shǒu
  1. 1 head
  2. 2 chief
  3. 3 first (occasion, thing etc)
  4. 4 classifier for poems, songs etc
shǒu yè
  1. 1 home page (of a website)
  2. 2 title page
  3. 3 front page
  4. 4 first page
  5. 5 fig. beginning
  6. 6 cover letter
fǔ kàn
  1. 1 to overlook
  2. 2 to look down from a height
fǔ wò chēng
  1. 1 press-up (physical exercise)
  2. 2 push-up
fǔ shì
  1. 1 to overlook
  2. 2 to look down at

Idioms (20)

乱臣贼子
luàn chén zéi zǐ
  1. 1 rebels and traitors (idiom)
  2. 2 general term for scoundrel
低首下心
dī shǒu xià xīn
  1. 1 to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
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
俯首帖耳
fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
  1. 1 bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient
  2. 2 at sb's beck and call
俯首称臣
fǔ shǒu chēng chén
  1. 1 to bow before (idiom)
  2. 2 to capitulate