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- Kowtow - Wikipedia
A kowtow also spelled kaotao, ˈkaʊtaʊ (simplified Chinese: 叩头; traditional Chinese: 叩頭) is the act of deep respect shown by prostration, that is, kneeling and bowing so low as to have one's head touching the ground
- KOWTOW Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
: to kneel and touch the forehead to the ground in token of homage, worship, or deep respect Did you know? Kowtow originated as a noun referring to the act of kneeling and touching one's head to the ground as a salute or act of worship to a revered authority
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- KOWTOW Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Kowtow definition: to act in an obsequious manner; show servile deference See examples of KOWTOW used in a sentence
- KOWTOW | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
KOWTOW meaning: 1 to show respect by going down into a position where your knees are on the floor and then bending… Learn more
- Kowtow | Bowing, Prostration, Respect | Britannica
kowtow, in traditional China, the act of supplication made by an inferior to his superior by kneeling and knocking his head to the floor
- kowtow - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Three elders dressed in their long silk ceremonial gowns perform the kowtow before the altar in their clan ancestral hall
- KOWTOW definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If you say that someone kowtows to someone else, you are criticizing them because they are too eager to obey or be polite to someone in authority See how stupidly they kow-tow to persons higher in the hierarchy [VERB + to] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1 3 Collins English Dictionary
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