三跪九叩 sānguìjiǔkòu to kneel three times and kowtow nine times Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 三跪九叩 sānguìjiǔkòu to kneel three times and kowtow nine times To perform the highest formal etiquette by kneeling three times and touching one's head to the ground nine times; formerly used for meeting the emperor and now used to describe showing the utmost respect. Frequency Written text 0.093 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
三跪九叩 sānguìjiǔkòu to kneel three times and kowtow nine times To perform the highest formal etiquette by kneeling three times and touching one's head to the ground nine times; formerly used for meeting the emperor and now used to describe showing the utmost respect. Frequency Written text 0.093 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
