kè tóu rú dǎo suàn

Traditional: 磕頭如搗蒜

磕头如捣蒜 (kè tóu rú dǎo suàn) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to kowtow like grinding garlic (idiom); fig. to pound the ground with one's head”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. to kowtow like grinding garlic (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to pound the ground with one's head

Characters in 磕头如捣蒜

磕kē · to tap; to knock (against sth hard); (esp.) to knock (mud from boots, ash from a pipe etc)头tóu · head如rú · as捣dǎo · to pound蒜suàn · garlic

Related words

如果if; in case; in the event that头head头suffix for nouns如何how如此like this; so; such如as头发hair (on the head)比如for example; for instance; such as比如see 比如縣|比如县[Bi3 ru2 Xian4]头儿leader回头to turn round; to turn one's head石头stone

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