| 卑躬屈节 |
bēi gōng qū jié |
to bow and scrape / to act servilely |
| 卑 |
bēi |
low / base / vulgar / inferior / humble |
| 躬 |
gōng |
(literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso) / (bound form) to bow / (literary) oneself; personally |
| 躬 |
gōng |
old variant of 躬 |
| 屈 |
Qū |
surname Qu |
| 屈 |
qū |
bent / to feel wronged |
| 节 |
jiē |
see 节骨眼 |
| 节 |
jié |
joint; node / (bound form) section; segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize; to save / (bound form) moral integrity; chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour) |