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打佥
dǎ​qiān

to drop a knee

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
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

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  • 打千 dǎ​qiān
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