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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

bow and scrape
  1. 1. 打躬作揖,点头哈腰;毕恭毕敬,过分恭敬;奉承,巴结;(对…)卑躬屈膝

Collins English-English Dictionary

bow and scrape
  1. 1. vt. to behave in an excessively deferential or obsequious way
bow and scrape
  1. 1. vt. to behave with excessive humility

Examples

点头哈腰
bow unctuously; bow and scrape 哈腰
他们对外奴颜婢膝,甘心卖国求荣。
They bow and scrape like slaves to the foreigners, willing to sell the country for their own selfish ends. 奴颜婢膝

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