meek and subservient(fú dī zuò xiǎo)

meek and subservient

Fu low do small, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ú D ī Zu ò Xi ǎ o, means to describe low voice, flattery. It comes from the second fold of Li Wenwei's walking on the bridge in Yuan Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In Yuan Dynasty, Li Wenwei's the second fold of "walking on the bridge", he said, "I have to bend my spine, bend down, kneel in the dust."

Idiom usage

If Liu Bei was called to the middle of Shu and treated it as a part of a trilogy, would he be willing to be humble? If we treat it with courtesy, another country will not allow two masters. The 60th chapter of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

Be humble and flatter

Chinese PinYin : fú dī zuò xiǎo