奴顏媚骨

Chinese

		sycophancy	obsequiousness
trad. (奴顏媚骨)		奴顏	媚骨
simp. (奴颜媚骨)		奴颜	媚骨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): núyánmèigǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄟˋ ㄍㄨˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: núyánmèigǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄟˋ ㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: núyánmèigǔ
  - Wade–Giles: nu²-yen²-mei⁴-ku³
  - Yale: nú-yán-mèi-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuyanmeyguu
  - Palladius: нуяньмэйгу (nujanʹmɛjgu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu³⁵ jɛn³⁵ meɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

奴顏媚骨

(derogatory) bowing and scraping; sycophancy and obsequiousness

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