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Definition(s) for: 卑躬屈膝

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
卑躬屈膝 bēi gōng qū xī - to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning
- bending and scraping to curry favor

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 70,606 46,915

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
bēi- low
- base
- vulgar
- inferior
- humble
gōng- (literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso)
- (bound form) to bow
- (literary) oneself; personally
gōng- old variant of 躬[gong1]
- surname Qu
- bent
- to feel wronged
- knee
- old variant of 膝[xi1]

Other Words Containing 卑躬屈膝

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo