点头哈腰 (diǎn tóu hā yāo) — to bow and scrape; to be obsequious; to fawn over someone
Definition
An idiom meaning to bow and fawn over someone in a servile, obsequious way — often used critically to describe flattery toward a superior.
idiom
to bow and scrapeto be obsequiousto fawn over someone
Examples
- 点头哈腰，。Tā zài lǎo bǎn miàn qián zǒng shì diǎn tóu hā yāo, ràng rén kàn le hěn bù shū fu.He's always bowing and scraping in front of the boss, which makes people uncomfortable.
- 点头哈腰，。Nà ge guān yuán shēn biān wéi zhe yì qún diǎn tóu hā yāo de rén, zhēn ràng rén fǎn gǎn.That official is surrounded by a bunch of sycophants — it's really off-putting.
- ，点头哈腰，。Tā wèi le shēng zhí, zhěng tiān duì lǐng dǎo diǎn tóu hā yāo, shī qù le zì jǐ de zūn yán.In order to get promoted, he fawns over his leaders all day, losing his own dignity.
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