(idiom) to kowtow repeatedly and rapidly (esp. when pleading for mercy)
trad. 磕頭如搗蒜
Also written 磕頭如搗蒜【kē tóu rú dǎo suàn】
Characters in this word
5磕
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to tap; to knock (against sth hard); (esp.) to knock (mud from boots, ash from a pipe etc), (fandom slang) to be into (a character relationship, dynamic, or trope)
- Pinyin
- kē
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 17494 of 2500
头
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head, hair style, the top, end, beginning or end, a stub, remnant, chief, boss, side, aspect, first, leading, classifier for pigs or livestock, CL:個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- tóu
- Traditional
- 頭
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 773 of 2500
如
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as, as if, such as
- Pinyin
- rú
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1252 of 2500
捣
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to pound, to beat, to hull, to attack, to disturb, to stir
- Pinyin
- dǎo
- Traditional
- 搗
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 17329 of 2500
蒜
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garlic, CL:頭|头[tou2],瓣[ban4]
- Pinyin
- suàn
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 30289 of 2500