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俯首

fǔ shǒu

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

俯首 (fǔ shǒu) means "to bend one's head". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 俯首 means

1. to bend one's head

The characters in 俯首

• 俯fǔto look down; to stoop
• 首shǒuhead; chief; first (occasion, thing etc)

Words starting with 俯首

• 俯首称臣fǔ shǒu chēng chénto bow before (idiom); to capitulate
• 俯首帖耳fǔ shǒu tiē ěrbowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient; at sb's beck and call

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