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点头哈腰

diǎn tóu hā yāo

4-character word Traditional 點頭哈腰

What 点头哈腰 means

1. to nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping
2. unctuous fawning

The characters in 点头哈腰

• 点diǎnto touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)…
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top
• 哈hā(interj.) ha!; (onom. for laughter); (slang) to be infatuated with; to adore
• 腰yāothe waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food)…