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跪

guì · gui

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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2 examples

突(tū)然(rán)，他(tā)拿(ná)出(chū)了(le)一(yí)个(gè)戒(jiè)指(zhi)，跪(guì)在(zài)地(dì)上(shang)，向(xiàng)我(wǒ)求(qiú)婚(hūn)。

Suddenly, he took out a ring, kneeled on the ground, and asked me to marry him.

孩(hái)子(zi)们(men)跪(guì)在(zài)垫(diàn)子(zi)上(shang)，认(rèn)真(zhēn)地(de)听(tīng)老(lǎo)师(shī)讲(jiǎng)故(gù)事(shì)。

The children knelt on the cushions and listened carefully as the teacher told a story.

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