kowtow dans l' Oxford Spanish Dictionary

kowtow dans le dictionnaire PONS

kowtow Exemples tirés du dictionnaire PONS (vérifiés par l'équipe de rédaction)

to kowtow to sb
humillarse ante alguien
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Exemples monolingues (non-vérifiés par l'équipe de rédaction)

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For example, a commoner brought before a local magistrate would be required to kneel and kowtow.
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Then family members start take turns to kowtow three to nine times (depending on the family adherence to traditional values) before the tomb of the ancestors.
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As a result, terrified judges learned to kowtow to their superiors and shy away from handing down nonconforming rulings.
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For example, at a wedding, the marrying couple was traditionally required to kowtow to both sets of parents, as acknowledgement of the debt owed for their nurturing.
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No one looked like they'd been kowtowed into it by some executive.
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As dictated by their translator, the party performed the traditional kowtow, as failing to do so would most likely result in immediate refusal by the emperor.
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Direct descendants may also kowtow at the funeral of an ancestor, while others would simply bow.
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Police officials, military men, businessmen, politicians, bureaucrats and other prominent figures like judges kowtowed to him.
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Monkey sends him off with a huge display of respect by making all of the millions of denizens of the underworld kowtow before him.
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For example, some, but not all, people would choose to kowtow before the grave of an ancestor, or while making traditional offerings to an ancestor.
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