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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- to bow before (idiom)
- to capitulate
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 head
- 2 chief
- 3 first (occasion, thing etc)
- 4 classifier for poems, songs etc
- 1 home page (of a website)
- 2 title page
- 3 front page
- 4 first page
- 5 fig. beginning
- 6 cover letter
- 1 to overlook
- 2 to look down from a height
- 1 press-up (physical exercise)
- 2 push-up
- 1 to overlook
- 2 to look down at
Idioms (20)
乱臣贼子
- 1 rebels and traitors (idiom)
- 2 general term for scoundrel
低首下心
- 1 to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
俯拾皆是
- 1 lit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom)
- 2 fig. extremely common
- 3 easily available
俯首帖耳
- 1 bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient
- 2 at sb's beck and call
俯首称臣
- 1 to bow before (idiom)
- 2 to capitulate