搖尾乞憐 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 摇尾乞怜 yáowěiqǐlián ㄧㄠˊ ㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄢˊ lit. to behave like a dog wagging its tail, seeking its master's affection (idiom) fig. to fawn on sb to bow and scrape to grovel Character by character 搖(yáo)surname Yao 尾(wěi)tail 乞(qǐ)beg 憐(lián)pity A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0