A kowtow /ˈkaʊtaʊ/ (Chinese: 叩头, Pinyin: kòutóu) is the act of deep respect shown by prostration, that is, kneeling and bowing so low as to have one's...
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Pendragon (band) (redirect from KowTow)
Jewel, the band pursued a more commercial direction, documented in the Kowtow album and the Red Shoes and Saved By You EPs, but despite these efforts...
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translated to "kowtow diplomacy" or "kowtow foreign policy". In general, dogeza is translated into English as "prostration" or "kowtow". In the Japanese...
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Dogeza: I Tried Asking While Kowtowing (Japanese: 土下座で頼んでみた, Hepburn: Dogeza de Tanondemita, "I Tried Asking While Kowtowing") is a Japanese sex comedy...
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In China, there is a form of prostration involving kneeling called Kowtow. Kowtow is where the participant kneels down then subsequently bows on the ground...
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rulers, civil authorities and social elders or superiors, as in the Chinese kowtow or Ancient Greek proskynesis. The act has often traditionally been an important...
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Macartney Embassy (section The kowtow issue)
(he saw the Kowtow as too excessive). Throughout his meetings with Chinese officials, Macartney was repeatedly urged to perform the kowtow during his audience...
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Buddhist legends about Emperor Wu of Liang (section Emperor Wu's "order" of the Execution of the Kowtow Monk)
who was nicknamed the "Kowtow Monk", whom the Emperor respected highly and summoned him often to chat with him. One day, the Kowtow Monk paid a visit to...
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Canonical digits Curtsy Fist-and-palm Gadaw Genuflection Hand-kiss Hat tip Kowtow Kuji-in Mano Mudra Namaste Ojigi Orans Pranāma Prostration Sampeah Sembah...
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The Macartney Embassy. Lord Macartney salutes the Qianlong Emperor, but refuses to kowtow....
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or otherwise. When approaching the imperial throne, one was expected to kowtow before the emperor. In a conversation with the emperor, it was considered...
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Texas dip is believed to have originated in about 1909. Drum major backbend Kowtow Debutante "How to Texas Dip". D Magazine. March 3, 2011. Retrieved March...
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other states had to send a tributary envoy to China on schedule, who would kowtow to the Chinese emperor as a form of tribute, and acknowledge his superiority...
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meaningless Hallmark Holiday, as well as placing unfair pressure on employees to kowtow to managers who earn more than they do while exercising power over them...
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death of Dorgon. For the Qing, although the Dalai Lama was not required to kowtow to the emperor, who rose from his throne and advanced 30 feet to meet him...
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failed to make a good impression to Qianlong after refusing to perform the kowtow. Qianlong later refused to intervene in the Durrani Empire's killing of...
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themselves, to have different ideas, and it is a message that unless you kowtow to the old order, this is what will happen to you. You will be lynched,...
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the Jiaqing Emperor in 1816, Amherst refused to perform the traditional kowtow, an act that the Qing saw as a severe breach of etiquette. Amherst and his...
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discipline him. Wherever he went, grown men would kneel down in a ritual kowtow, averting their eyes until he passed. Soon he discovered the absolute power...
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refusal of a visa to the 14th Dalai Lama by a South African Government "kowtowing to China". Forty-three male students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers'...
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as not to sprain the instep jumping up directly from seiza. Genuflection Kowtow Vajrasana (yoga) "IroMegane: Is Seiza really the traditional way to sit...
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Όταν οι Ιάπωνες "υποκλίνονταν" στην Ελλάδα" [TEOKAR: When the Japanese "kowtowed" to Greece] (in Greek). news247.gr. Archived from the original on 23 January...
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Trump's loss was viewed as fear of Trump's vindictiveness and willingness to kowtow to Trump in order to avoid being targeted by Trump. The House Republican...
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government officials in Taiwan as an alternative to handshake. Bowing Handshake Kowtow Proskynesis 国家人文历史 (2020-05-06). "如果见面不能握手,你会选哪种古代礼仪代替?". k.sina.cn. Retrieved...
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foreign legations, who made it clear that they would not perform the ritual kowtow to the emperor, and the Zongli Yamen (foreign affairs ministry), regarding...
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complained in 2018 about the use in the Chinese dance of "bobbing, subservient 'kowtow' steps, Fu Manchu mustaches, and, especially, the often-used saffron-tinged...
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Keoni (8 March 2018). "German companies Lufthansa, Mercedes-Benz and Bosch kowtow to Beijing". Taiwan News. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021...
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(Chinese: 茶; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tê), "cumshaw" (感謝; kám-siā), "pekoe" (白毫; pe̍h-hô), kowtow (磕頭; khàu-thâu), and "ketchup" (鮭汁; koê-chiap) are derived from the local...
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respect. Kowtowing, or kneeling and bowing so deeply that one's forehead is touching the floor, is practiced during worship at temples. Kowtowing is a powerful...
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😀😅😆😃😄🙌 Joyful (__)_(._.)__(_^_)_<(_ _)><m(__)m>m(__)mm(_ _)m 🙇 Kowtow as a sign of respect, or dogeza for apology (凸ಠ益ಠ)凸 🖕 Middle fingers \(°ロ\)(/ロ°)/...
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