lit. to behave like a dog wagging its tail, seeking its master's affection (idiom); fig. to fawn on sb; to bow and scrape; to grovel
trad. 搖尾乞憐
Also written 搖尾乞憐【yáo wěi qǐ lián】
Characters in this word
4摇
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surname Yao
- Pinyin
- Yáo
- Traditional
- 搖
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 8314 of 2500
尾
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tail, remainder, remnant, extremity, sixth of the 28 constellations, classifier for fish
- Pinyin
- wěi
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 9230 of 2500
乞
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to beg
- Pinyin
- qǐ
- Strokes
- 3
怜
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to pity
- Pinyin
- lián
- Traditional
- 憐
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 43954 of 2500