bow and scrape

bow and scrape

Kowtow is a Chinese idiom, pronounced B ē Ig ō ngq ū x ī, which means bow refers to bow and kneel. To describe a person who has no backbone and is humble in flattery. It comes from conglan jingshe in Jiangling Prefecture.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] flattery, flattery, servility [antonym] neither haughty nor humble, rather die than surrender, and be upright

Idiom usage

No matter how difficult it may be, you can't go to the imperial court. You can't surrender to the imperial court for a while. Yao xueyin's Li Zicheng, Volume 1, Chapter 14

The origin of Idioms

Wei liaoweng of the Song Dynasty wrote in the book of conglan jingshe in Jiangling Prefecture: "all the ministers and ministers are humble. Although they thank Anshi for his virtue, they are still unavoidable."