to worship heaven and earth; ritual kneeling by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony; also called 拜堂
Characters in this word
3拜
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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
天
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day, sky, heaven
- Pinyin
- tiān
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 211 of 2500
地
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-ly, structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- Pinyin
- de
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 271 of 2500