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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 奴颜婢膝

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
奴颜婢膝 nú yán bì xī - servile and bending 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
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Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
奴 nú- slave
颜 yán- surname Yan
颜 yán- color
- face
- countenance
颜 yán- Japanese variant of 顏|颜[yan2]
婢 bì- slave girl
- maid servant
膝 xī- knee
膝 xī- old variant of 膝[xi1]

Other Words Containing 奴颜婢膝

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