折腰

zhé yāo

Definitionen

1. to bend at the waist
2. to bow
3. (fig.) to bow to
4. to submit

Wörter, die 折腰 enthalten

• 为五斗米折腰 wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhé yāo: (allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜[táo qián], who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate)

Bestandteilwörter von 折腰

• 折 shé: to snap
• 折 zhē: to turn sth over
• 折 zhé: to break
• 腰 yāo: waist