俯首弭耳

俯首弭耳 in English

fǔ shǒu mǐ ěr
(idiom) Describes a humble and submissive attitude, close to servile obedience. It is equivalent to “bow one’s head and prick up one’s ears.”

Character breakdown

Stroke order

Le caractère 首 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 首 Show the animation

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 耳 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 耳 Show the animation

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

  • Bronze script: 俯 Bronze script 西周早期
  • Clerical script: 俯 Clerical script 東漢

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

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