粵

低dai1頭tau4

simp低头
dai1 tau4dī tóu

English

  1. to bow the head
  2. to yield
  3. to give in
  4. to bow to someone

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 個頭垂低,比喻認低威

Examples

  • 他们低头盯着脚。

    They stared down at their feet.

    Tatoeba · WilsonWong CC BY

  • 稻穗越飽滿越低頭。

    The boughs that bear most hang lowest.

    Tatoeba · zhouj1955 CC BY

  • 低頭認錯

    to bow and apologize

  • 我點都唔會向你低頭!

    I will never bow to you!

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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