叩拜
kòu bài
Pinyin

Definition

叩拜
 - 
kòu bài
  1. to bow in salute
  2. to kowtow

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

崇拜
chóng bài
  1. 1 to worship
  2. 2 adoration
拜年
bài nián
  1. 1 to pay a New Year call
  2. 2 to wish sb a Happy New Year
拜
bài
  1. 1 to pay respect
  2. 2 worship
  3. 3 visit
  4. 4 salute
拜拜
bái bái
  1. 1 (loanword) bye-bye
  2. 2 also pr. [bāi bāi] etc
  3. 3 (coll.) to part ways (with sb)
  4. 4 (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth)
拜托
bài tuō
  1. 1 to request sb to do sth
  2. 2 please!

Idioms (2)

顶礼膜拜
dǐng lǐ mó bài
  1. 1 to prostrate oneself in worship (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) to worship
  3. 3 to bow down to
黄鼠狼给鸡拜年
huáng shǔ láng gěi jī bài nián
  1. 1 Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom)

Sample Sentences

没错，祭祖的时候，人们会在桌上点上蜡烛，供上食物，然后再行叩拜祭祖之礼，寄望先人能保佑家庭和睦，万事如意。
méicuò ，jìzǔ de shíhou ，rénmen huì zài zhuō shàng diǎnshàng làzhú ，gōngshàng shíwù ，ránhòu zài xíng kòubài jìzǔ zhī lǐ ，jìwàng xiānrén néng bǎoyòu jiātíng hémù ，wànshì rúyì 。
Yes, when they worship the ancestors, people will light candles on the table and put food offerings on it, then they engage in the rite of kowtowing to the ancestors, in the hope that their forebearers will protect the harmony within the family and allow things to go smoothly for them.
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