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五体投地

wǔ tǐ tóu dì

4-character word Traditional 五體投地

What 五体投地 means

1. to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb

The characters in 五体投地

• 五wǔfive; 5
• 体tǐbody; form; style
• 投tóuto throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot)…
• 地dìearth; ground; field

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