点头哈腰 (點頭哈腰)
diǎn tóu hā yāo
Pinyin

Definition

点头哈腰 (點頭哈腰)
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diǎn tóu hā yāo
  1. to nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping
  2. unctuous fawning

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

哈
Hā
  1. 1 abbr. for 哈薩克斯坦|哈萨克斯坦[Hā sà kè sī tǎn], Kazakhstan
  2. 2 abbr. for 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Hā ěr bīn], Harbin
哈哈
hā hā
  1. 1 (onom.) laughing out loud
哈佛
Hā fó
  1. 1 Harvard
哈哈大笑
hā hā dà xiào
  1. 1 to laugh heartily
  2. 2 to burst into loud laughter
哈根达斯
Hā gēn Dá sī
  1. 1 Häagen-Dazs

Idioms (4)

站着说话不腰疼
zhàn zhe shuō huà bù yāo téng
  1. 1 it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter (idiom)
  2. 2 to be an armchair expert
  3. 3 to blabber on
腰缠万贯
yāo chán wàn guàn
  1. 1 lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money
  2. 2 extremely wealthy
  3. 3 loaded
腰金衣紫
yāo jīn yī zǐ
  1. 1 golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom); in official position
点头哈腰
diǎn tóu hā yāo
  1. 1 to nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping
  2. 2 unctuous fawning

Sample Sentences

人人都来巴结我和我的家人，朝我点头哈腰。我说一，没人敢说二。但没过多久就开始打仗了。朝廷没了，皇上也没了，一夜之间我就变得一无所有了。
rénrén dōu lái bājie wǒ hé wǒ de jiārén ，cháo wǒ diǎntóu hāyāo 。wǒ shuō yī ，méi rén gǎn shuō èr 。dàn méi guò duō jiǔ jiù kāishǐ dǎzhàng le 。cháotíng méi le ，huángshàng yě méi le ，yīyèzhījiān wǒ jiù biàn de yīwúsuǒyǒu le 。
Everybody came and fawned on my family and I, bowing and scraping. I would say 'one' and no one dared say 'two'. However, not long after, the war began. The imperial court was no more, the emperor was gone and in one night's time I didn't have a thing in the world.
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