三跪九叩
sān guì jiǔ kòu
Pinyin

Definition

三跪九叩
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sān guì jiǔ kòu
  1. to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Sān
  1. 1 surname San
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
Sān yà
  1. 1 Sanya prefecture level city, Hainan
sān fēn zhī yī
  1. 1 one third
sān shí
  1. 1 thirty
  2. 2 30

Idioms (20)

一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见,如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)