叩头 | kòu tóu | to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground); also written 磕头 | |
叩首 | kòu shǒu | to kowtow; also written 磕头 | |
叩门 | kòu mén | to knock on a door | |
叩拜 | kòu bài | to bow in salute; to kowtow | |
叩见 | kòu jiàn | to kowtow in salute |
1 | MANY a time when the spring day knocked at our door I kept busy with my work and you did not answer. | |
2 | There remained to her from her past, two teeth,--one above, the other below,--which she was continually knocking against each other. | |
3 | Who is it that comes slowly to my door and gently knocks? | |
4 | There was none in the world who ever saw her face to face, and she remained in her loneliness waiting for thy recognition. | |
5 | The traveller has to knock at every alien door to come to his own, and one has to wander through all the outer worlds to reach the innermost shrine at the end. |