奴颜婢膝

núyánbìxī

subservient; servile; grovel

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servile; subservient

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servile; subservient

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nú yán bì xī

adj. subservient, servile

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nu2 yan2 bi4 xi1

servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning, bending and scraping to curry favor

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奴颜婢膝

nú yán bì xī

act obsequiously; a hateful flattering appearance; servile; bend one's knees before ...; bow low and sweep the ground with one's cap; bow and scrape like a slave; fawn in every way on ...; grovel in the dust; lick sb.'s boots (feet; shoes; spittle); make a great show of obedience and courtesy; sedulously fawn upon ...; servile flattery; subservient:

他们对外奴颜婢膝， 甘心卖国求荣。 They bow and scrape like slaves to the foreigners, willing to sell the country for their own selfish ends.

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奴顏婢膝|奴颜婢膝 [nú yán bì xī] ► servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning ► bending and scraping to curry favor