Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「點頭哈腰」 below.
Learn about the idiom 「點頭哈腰」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
A metaphor for false respect or excessive politeness.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
diǎn tóu hā yāo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dim2 tau4 ha1 yiu1
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