Entry
  1. to nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping; unctuous fawning

    trad. 點頭哈腰

Also written 點頭哈腰【diǎn tóu hā yāo】

Characters in this word

4
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to touch briefly; to tap, to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list), to order (food etc); to select, to mention; to bring up (a topic or person), to hint at; to imply, to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops, to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite, to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down, point; dot; spot; speck, dot stroke in Chinese characters, (math.) decimal point, point in time or space, (after a number) o'clock, a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more, classifier for small amounts

Pinyin
diǎn
Traditional
Strokes
9
Frequency
196 of 2500
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the waist and lower back, (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food), the waist of trousers or a skirt, (metonym) money pouch; pocket, (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)

Pinyin
yāo
Strokes
13
Frequency
7928 of 2500