be obsequious
Chinese idiom, read pinyin is w ě IW ě if ǒ UF ǒ u, means to describe timid, obedient. From Zuo Zhuan, twenty years of Zhao Gong.
The origin of Idioms
In the 20th year of Zhaogong in Zuozhuan, it is said that "when you say yes, according to Liang and Qiu, you also say yes; when you say no, according to Liang and Qiu, you also say no"
Idiom usage
Examples
Please give a clear answer, don't just say no.
be obsequious
stand without peer in one 's generation - gài shì wú shuāng
surrender one 's power to another at one 's own peril - tài ē dào chí