tremble and obey英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

动词 v.

To unthinkingly obey or pander to authorities, especially the Chinese government. China,idiomatic

— The ordinary voter ... feels himself their humble subject, whose duty is, as the Chinese used to say, to “tremble and obey”.
Phrase promulgating a decree of the Chinese imperial government or the early British colonial administration in Hong Kong. China,historical

— Let the good tremble and obey; let them not act so as to have hereafter to repent. A special Proclamation.

词形变化

trembles and obeys present,singular,third-person trembling and obeying participle,present trembled and obeyed participle,past trembled and obeyed past

词源

Calque from Chinese 凜遵／凛遵 (lǐn zūn), a phrase historically used in Chinese imperial edicts.