dǎ​qiān

to drop a knee

Senses

打佥/ 打僉 dǎ​qiān to drop a knee

(literary, historical) to perform a traditional formal greeting, popular during the Qing dynasty, where a man bends his left knee while keeping the right hand lowered and the upper body slightly inclined forward; also written as 打千 dǎ​qiān

References

same_as 打佥/打僉 打千/打千
variant 打千/打千 打佥/打僉