Face down and body down

Face down and body down

It's a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is Ji à ngy á NQ à t à, which means to be servile. To describe a person who has no backbone and is humble in flattery. It comes from yehuo Bian · Fu County · Yi Ling Zhong Qing.

The origin of Idioms

Shen De Fu's yehuo Bian Fu Xian Yi Ling Zhong Qing in Ming Dynasty: "when he came to power in three years, he was treated by the two yamen, who bowed his face and bowed his body and prayed for the pottery casting in the future; while those who were in charge of the second class, who were in charge of the second class, were only two Prefects."

Analysis of Idioms

Kowtow to one's knees

Idiom usage

As a predicate, attribute, adverbial; used in dealing with affairs