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Home / Idiom / 卑躬屈节

to bow and scrape · to act servilely

卑躬屈节
bēi gōng qū jié
b+ēi·1st toneg+ōng·1st toneq+ǖ·1st tonej+ié·2nd tone
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning · bending and scraping to curry favor卑躬屈膝bēi gōng qū xī
Antonyms
neither servile nor overbearing (idiom) · neither obsequious nor supercilious不卑不亢bù bēi bù kàngupright and plainspoken刚正不阿gāng zhèng bù ē