Entry
  1. ritual kneeling to heaven and earth by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony; same as 拜天地

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to bow to; to pay one's respects, (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion), to make a courtesy call, (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony, to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc), (used before some verbs to indicate politeness)

Pinyin
bài
Strokes
9
Frequency
1216 of 2500
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

(main) hall, large room for a specific purpose, CL:間|间[jian1], relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family, of the same clan, classifier for classes, lectures etc, classifier for sets of furniture

Pinyin
táng
Strokes
11
Frequency
15913 of 2500