fǔ shǒu chēng chén

Traditional: 俯首稱臣

俯首称臣 (fǔ shǒu chēng chén) is a Chinese word meaning “to bow before (idiom); to capitulate”.

Meanings

  1. 1to bow before (idiom)
  2. 2to capitulate

Characters in 俯首称臣

俯fǔ · to look down首shǒu · head称chèn · to fit; to match; to suit臣chén · state official or subject in dynastic China

Related words

首head首先first of all; in the first place称to fit; to match; to suit称to weigh称old variant of 秤[cheng4]称呼to call; to address as称为to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."声称to claim首席chief (representative, correspondent etc)称之为to call it...元首head of state首相prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)

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