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卑躬屈膝

bēi gōng qū xī

4-character word

What 卑躬屈膝 means

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

The characters in 卑躬屈膝

• 卑bēilow; base; vulgar
• 躬gōng(literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso); (bound form) to bow; (literary) oneself…
• 屈qūbent; to feel wronged
• 膝xīknee

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