叩首
kòu shǒu
Pinyin
Definition
叩首
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- to kowtow
- also written 磕頭|磕头[kē tóu]
Character Decomposition
Idioms (18)
低首下心
- 1 to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
俯首帖耳
- 1 bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient
- 2 at sb's beck and call
俯首称臣
- 1 to bow before (idiom)
- 2 to capitulate
搔首弄姿
- 1 to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)
昂首挺胸
- 1 head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits
- 2 in fine mettle (of animal)