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三跪九叩
/ sān guì jiǔ kòu /
Strokes
Definition
to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)
Example
Definition
grand kowtow ［three kneelings and nine kowtows, a sequence of practice that subjects performed before their Emperor in the most solemn ceremonies or that present-day people undertake in a ceremony of worship to their ancestors］