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卑躬屈膝
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[1] to bow and bend the knee [2] groveling, fawning, bending and scraping to curry favor Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 1950 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by riko on 22nd Mar 2009 11:58 and last edited on 26th Apr 2009 07:26 |
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Characters in this word:卑 bei1 - humble, modest; base, despicable躬 gung1 - body; personally; bend forward 屈 wat1 - bend; subdue; injustice 膝 sat1 - [n] knee |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
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: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).