卑躬屈膝
bēi gōng qū xī
Pinyin

Definition

卑躬屈膝
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bēi gōng qū xī
  1. to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning
  2. bending and scraping to curry favor

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
膝盖
xī gài
  1. 1 knee
  2. 2 (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
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

Idioms (20)

不卑不亢
bù bēi bù kàng
  1. 1 neither servile nor overbearing (idiom)
  2. 2 neither obsequious nor supercilious
促膝谈心
cù xī tán xīn
  1. 1 to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk (idiom)
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)