前倨后恭

前
前
倨
倨
后
後
恭
恭
to switch from arrogance to deference (idiom)

Characters and words in 前倨后恭

前
qián = qi + an2
front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly
前 = 䒑 + 刖 : The Queen of Hearts is smoking some weed just inside the anthill's kitchen. She's so high that she thinks the lamp in front of her is the moon which wants to stab her with a kitchen knife.
前 = 䒑 + 刖 : Mnemonic symbol: a front panel.
倨
jù = ju + Ø4
haughty / arrogant
倨
jù = ju + Ø4
(literary) haughty; arrogant
后
hòu = h + ou4
surname Hou
后
hòu = h + ou4
empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler
后
後
hòu = h + ou4
back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-
后 = ⺁ + 𠮛 : Mnemonic symbol: Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra. Zenobia (后) and Hamlet (h) want to bake banana bread in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), but they don't know how. Behind (后) a banana tree (⺁) they study a scroll (𠮛) on which the recipe is written.
恭
go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1
respectful
恭 = 㣺 + 共 : The communist (共) wants to congratulate (恭) Gitta Giraffe (gu) on her birthday respectfully (恭) and so he sets up heart-shaped lights (㣺) for the party in front of the engine ((e)ng1).

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