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Trad. 敂
  • old variant of 叩[kou4]
  • to knock
  • to knock
  • to kowtow
Trad. 叩問
  • (literary) to inquire
  • to ask
  • question
Trad. 叩應
  • call-in (loanword)
  • to bow in salute; to kowtow
Trad. 叩見
  • to kowtow in salute
Trad. 叩謁
  • to visit (esp. one's superiors)
Trad. 叩門
  • to knock on a door
Trad. 叩關
  • to knock at the gate (old)
  • to make an approach
  • to invade
  • to attack the goal (sports)
Trad. 叩頭
  • to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)
  • also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2]
  • to kowtow
  • also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2]
  • to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)

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