低三下四

dī sān xià sì

to grovel; servile

Character by character

低dī
low

三sān
three

下xià
down

四sì
four

我不想为了这点钱低三下四地求人。

I refuse to grovel to anyone for this bit of money.

Tone: negative (criticism).

Usually 低三下四地求人／赔不是.

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