sān guì jiǔ kòudictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)
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Original source entry:

三跪九叩 三跪九叩 [san1 gui4 jiu3 kou4] /to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)/

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三跪九叩
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