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奴颜婢膝

nú yán bì xī

4-character word Traditional 奴顏婢膝

What 奴颜婢膝 means

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

The characters in 奴颜婢膝

• 奴núslave
• 颜yáncolor; face; countenance
• 婢bìslave girl; maid servant
• 膝xīknee

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