bēi gōng qū xī

卑躬屈膝 (bēi gōng qū xī) is a Chinese word meaning “to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor”.

Meanings

  1. 1to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning
  2. 2bending and scraping to curry favor

Characters in 卑躬屈膝

卑bēi · low躬gōng · (literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso)屈qū · bent膝xī · knee

Related words

膝盖knee卑鄙base屈服to surrender膝knee膝old variant of 膝[xi1]鞠躬to bow屈bent屈surname Qu卑微lowly卑low不屈unyielding卑劣base

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