"to be submissive" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
冲挹 沖挹 chōng yì to defer to / to be submissive
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
拱手 gǒng shǒu to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting / (fig.) submissive
低眉顺眼 低眉順眼 dī méi shùn yǎn docile / submissive
低首下心 dī shǒu xià xīn to be fawningly submissive (idiom) syn
弱受 ruò shòu submissive / yielding / weak / opposite: 強攻|强攻, dominant
温良忍让 溫良忍讓 wēn liáng rěn ràng submissive / accommodating
媳妇熬成婆 媳婦熬成婆 xí fù áo chéng pó lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom) / fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor / what goes around comes around
千依百顺 千依百順 qiān yī bǎi shùn totally submissive (idiom) syn
服服帖帖 fú fu tiē tiē submissive / docile / obedient syn
濡忍 rú rěn compliant / submissive
翅膀硬 chì bǎng yìng (of a bird) to fledge / (fig.) (of a person) to outgrow the need to be submissive to one's parents, mentor etc / to break away from the people who have supported one up to now
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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