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What does 低头 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

低头 dītóu

to lower one's head

It can also mean

  • to yield; to give in

Its characters

  1. 低 dī to lower (one's head)
  2. 头 tóu head

In a sentence

他一直低头看手机。 He kept his head down looking at his phone.

他拿起尺子,又给她量了一次,然后低头,拿笔在纸上写了一个数字。

From 上海弄堂(二) · The Shanghai lane (part 2)

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