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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- bow and scrape
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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
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vt.
to behave in an excessively deferential or obsequious way
- bow and scrape
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vt.
to behave with excessive humility
Examples
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点头哈腰
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bow unctuously; bow and scrape
→ 哈腰
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他们对外奴颜婢膝,甘心卖国求荣。
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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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