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前倨后恭

qián hòu gōng to switch from arrogance to deference (idiom)
qián front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 293) / former / formerly
  (literary) haughty; arrogant
   Hòu surname Hou
   hòu empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler
   hòu back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-
    gōng respectful
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