Slowly, Grandmother Chen raised her head and looked around, whereupon the "acolyte" tugged at Xiangzi to make him kowtow.

Reading the tea leaves as positions shuffle, listening to the kowtow and mumble of stifled resentment.

在人事变动时看着杯中的茶叶读解未来。听着唯唯诺诺、敢怒不敢言的低语。

To kowtow used to be one of the rites involved in paying the spring Festival visits, but now it is replaced by the Spring festival greetings with best wishes, for instance, wishes for a good fortune.

磕头是春节拜访仪式之一，但现在却换成了春节的问候与美好的祝愿，例如，祝愿发财。

Fourth Master Liu was gratified by the number of people who came to kowtow and congratulate him, and his elation increased with the arrival of many old friends to wish him a happy birthday.

刘四爷很满意有这么多人来给他磕头祝寿。更足以自傲的是许多老朋友也赶着来贺喜。

When the head of the giant software corporation refused to kowtow to the swami, he was promptly transformed into a little bug.

当这个软件巨头公司的老板拒绝象神像叩首时，他马上被变作了一只小虫子。

ADAPTING a novel for the stage requires courage, vision and a spirit that refuses to kowtow to the original author.

将一本小说搬上舞台需要勇气、见识以及拒绝向原作者卑躬屈膝的精神。

We're not going to kowtow to each other.

我们也不会对谁卑躬屈膝。

Yet when Carrefour and other French companies suffered a boycott by angry Chinese consumers, France sent over three different envoys in effect to kowtow to the Chinese.

但是，当家乐福（carrefour）和其它法国企业遭到愤怒的中国消费者抵制后，法国派出三名不同的外交使节，实际上让他们向中方叩头。

It is said when Feng Zikai decided to name his home, he wrote a number of characters randomly each on a slip of paper.

据说当年丰先生给居室起名字的时候，将随意的几个字写在纸条上。

Thomas hesitated, and then took the slip of paper and jammed it carelessly into his pocket.

托马斯迟疑一下，接过纸条，不经意地塞在口袋里。

I saw a man walk into one, leathery skinned, looking slightly lost, a small slip of paper in his hand.

我看见一个皮肤粗糙的男人走进一家求职中介，手里拿着张纸条，看起来有点恍惚。

B Let me write it down on this slip of paper for you. You can show it to the taxi-driver.

我给你写在一个纸片上。你给出租车司机看看就行了。

O'Brien had a slip of paper between his fingers and seemed to be studying it intently.

奥勃良手里捏着一张纸条，似乎在专心阅读。

I explained to the man immediately, and then I wrote a sentence on a slip of paper.

我赶忙向男乘客作了解释，又用纸条写了一句话。

Months later, when the box was moved during remodeling, we found a single slip of paper inside.

数月后，当这个盒子在装修期间被移动时，我们发现里面仅有一张条子。

( Chinese) thin folded wafer containing a maxim on a slip of paper.

（中国）内有写着箴言小纸片的折叠薄饼。

She wrote down her phone number on a slip of paper and gave it to me.

她把她的电话号码写在一张纸条上给我。

He handed me a slip of paper.

他递给我一张纸条。

Before you can open the box, you must sign a slip of paper.

你在开箱之前，必须在纸上签名。

The walking process we would put a slip of paper between our knees.

学习走路的时候，我们要在两膝之间夹着一张纸。

Can you locate the address on this slip of paper?

你知道这纸条上的这个地址在哪吗？