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低三下四dī sān xià sìbe at sb’s beck and call;bow and scrape; cringe; degrading; fawn; humble oneself; lowly; mean,low and menial; obsequious;submissive
❍ 四哥，你是好汉，我愿意侍候你，你也知道，我不是那种～的人！ (《老舍剧作选·龙须沟》56) You’re a hero; I’m glad to wait on you,and you know I’m not at anyone’s beck and call!/普山普岭，还不都是人家财主的？要夹个篱笆，舞根竹尾巴，都要～去求情。(周立波《山乡巨变》上—8) Hill after hill of bamboo,all belonged to the landlords. Even to get a few pieces for a fence we had to go bowing and scraping to them.
❍ 难道要～地哀求他们发善心吗？(黎汝清《海岛女民兵》48) I wasn’t going to go down on my knees and implore them to be merciful.
❍ 老人家放下腰篮子，走到床跟前，小声安慰了我几句，就小心小意，走到女婿的面前，～，向他告罪：……(周立波《山乡巨变》103) My mother put down the basket and came to bedside to say a few words of consolation. Then she timidly turned to her son-in-law and submissively acknow ledged her fault: …/想当初，我在城里头作艺，不肯～地侍候有势力的人，教人家打了一顿，不能再在城里登台。(《老舍剧作选·龙须沟》25) In the old days,when I worked in the city as an entertainer,I wouldn’t toady to the officials,so I got beaten up; I couldn’t go on the stage there any more. 低三下四servile;obsequious;subservient;abject
～地求饶beg abjectly for mercy/～的家伙spineless person 低三下四dī sān xià sì形容地位低下，也比喻卑躬屈膝讨好他人的丑态。crawl to, lowly, bow and scrape, servile and submissive, fawn, humble oneself, low and menial, be the lowest of the low |