Kowtow refers to the ancient ritual of kneeling, one of the most solemn of the nine worships. It is often used by courtiers to pay respect to the sovereign. Kneeling and arching one's hand to the ground and one's head to the ground.

I. Pinyin

The pinyin for "稽首" is: [qǐ shǒu].

2. Definition

Ji means "to stay, to delay", and ji shou means to touch one's head to the ground and stay there for a while.

Three sources

1, "Zhouli - Chunguan - Da Zhu": "a said to audit the head, the second is said to Dun head, the third is said to empty the head, the fourth is said to vibrate ...... ". JiaGongYan sparse: "a said audit the head, its funny, the word audit stay; head to the ground when more, then for the audit head also. These three (empty head, Dun head, bowing) is also worship. The bow, worship in the most important, the minister worship of the king's worship."

2. Guoyu-Jin Yu: "Xuanzi worshiped his head."

3. Zuo Zhuan (左传-Xi Gong 32nd year): "Meng Ming bowed his head and said."

4, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms": "Then Guan Gong came to a sudden realization, bowed his head and converted and went away."

5. "The Sixth Year of Duke Xuan" (公羊传-宣公六年)："Linggong looked at Zhao Dun, sued and bowed again; Zhao Dun balked at the north and bowed again, and tended to go out."

Four, close synonyms

1, ton head: kowtow (mostly used in letters).

2. mud head: to paint the head with mud, indicating self-humiliation to serve the crime. Later, it refers to kowtowing to the ground.

V. Example Sentences

1. The days do not move to enslave us, and we have to bow our heads to them.

2, if the collapse of syncopated corner of the head, the blood flow of the pestle and fat as a spring.

3. You just remembered to read the book when you were about to take the exam.

4, anxiety, fear, lack of self-confidence is to make the heart of the audit, more so that the mind of the youth of the dust.

5. Lack of self-confidence makes the heart audit, and more so the spirit of dust.