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臣服

chénfú

to acknowledge allegiance to (some regime)
to serve

(by extension) to submit to; to acknowledge defeat or inferiority
(literary, historical) to acknowledge allegiance to; to serve (the emperor)
(literary, historical) to submit to (the rule of)
to acknowledge allegiance to; to serve (the emperor)
to submit to (the rule of)
to submit to; to acknowledge defeat or inferiority

奉人为君，自己称臣。《三国志．卷四二．蜀书．谯周传》：「自古以来，无寄他国为天子者也，今若入吴，固当臣服。」也作「臣事」。
服输。如:「职棒年度总冠军赛，雄狮发威，巨象臣服。」

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

state official or subject in dynastic China
I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign)
Kangxi radical 131

clothes
dress
garment
to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc)
to obey
to be convinced (by an argument)
to convince
to admire
to acclimatize
to take (medicine)
mourning clothes
to wear mourning clothes

Related entries

to serve
to attend upon

没有人可以共侍二主。

No man can serve two masters.

Source: Tatoeba

to serve
to wait upon

to serve (an important personage)
attendant; retainer

to serve (in some capacity)
to work for

to serve
service

classifier: 項

我能為您服務嗎？

Can I serve you?

Source: Tatoeba

(tennis etc) to serve
(golf) to tee off

to serve (food, tea etc)

to serve (food)

to wait upon
to serve
to attend to sb's needs

effectiveness
positive effect
to serve (in some capacity)

to wait on
to attend
to serve

clothes
dress
garment
to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc)
to obey
to be convinced (by an argument)
to convince
to admire
to acclimatize
to take (medicine)
mourning clothes
to wear mourning clothes

服了你了。

You're the boss.

Source: Tatoeba

to attend to
to care for (patients etc)
to look after
to wait upon
to serve
also written 伏侍, see also 服事 fúshì