屁顛屁顛
简 屁颠屁颠 · 繁 屁顛屁顛Meanings
- lit. jolting buttocks
- (colloquial intensifier) groveling
- eager
- compliant
- smug
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4–1–4–1 · pi4 dian1 pi4 dian1
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pei3 din1 pei3 din1
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- (ideophonic) Describing a person or an animal, often a simple-minded one, which is jump-running towards a place or performing a task joyfully and willingly, such as a servant who cannot wait to run an errand for the master.
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