夾尾巴

Simplified: 夹尾巴

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jiāwěiba ㄐㄧㄚㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄅㄚ

- to have one's tail between one's legs

Character by character

夾(jiā)press from either side
尾(wěi)tail
巴(ba)nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴 wěiba, tail

Saying俗语俗語

Idiom惯用语 · Widely known

Literally: tuck in the tail
Meaning: Either to be modest and cautious rather than arrogant, or to slink away in a sorry state like a dog. Cf. "with one's tail between one's legs."

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