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磕头

kē tóu

2-character word Traditional 磕頭

What 磕头 means

1. to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)

The characters in 磕头

• 磕kēto tap; to knock (against sth hard); (esp.) to knock…
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top

Words starting with 磕头

• 磕头如捣蒜kè tóu rú dǎo suànlit. to kowtow like grinding garlic (idiom); fig. to pound the ground with one's head

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