The word **弯腰** (wānyāo) is a Chinese compound verb formed through a straightforward semantic and grammatical combination: the adjective **弯** (wān), meaning "bent" or "curved," is paired with the noun **腰** (yāo), meaning "waist," to create a verb-object (V-O) structure that literally means "to bend the waist." This formation vividly depicts the physical action by directly stating the action and its primary affected body part, and it has extended figuratively to mean "to stoop" or "to humble oneself," demonstrating how concrete physical verbs in Chinese often acquire metaphorical meanings.