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greeting card / congratulation card
HSK 5
to give one's respects / to send a greeting / (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking)
HSK 4
to express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc
HSK 5
to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) / also written 磕頭|磕头
May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting)
Greeting Pine, symbol of Huangshan 黃山|黄山
(greeting) good afternoon
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  *拜* | 拜* | *拜
to bow to; to pay one's respects / (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion) / to make a courtesy call / (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony / to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc) / (used before some verbs to indicate politeness)
to put one's palms together (in prayer or greeting)
Good afternoon! / Hello (daytime greeting)
to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)
polite phrase; conventional greetings / cliché / to try to worm facts out of sb
(Tw) (Internet slang) Greetings! (used when it's unknown what time the reader will see one's post, or just to be cute)
to exchange conventional greetings; to exchange pleasantries
please treat me kindly (conventional greeting on first meeting)
interrogation / greeting
conventional greeting; polite formula
season's greetings (idiom)
polite greeting / civilities / to exchange pleasantries
ushering in wealth and prosperity (idiom and traditional greeting, esp. at New Year); We wish you wealth and success!
to extend New Year's greetings / to pay a New Year's visit
We wish you long life and riches! (idiom, conventional greeting)
May you have peace year after year (New Year's greeting)
polite congratulations (i.e. on a greeting card)
to bow deeply, starting upright with arms straight out in front, one hand cupped in the other, then moving the hands down to one's knees as one bows, keeping the arms straight (a form of greeting)
to express / to present / to extend / to tender (greetings, thanks etc)
(usu. used in the negative) to acknowledge (sb's greeting etc); to respond; to answer
to accept a gift / to acknowledge greetings
to mutually send greetings / to communicate / to exchange news
to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting / (fig.) submissive
to send one's greetings; to send one's best regards / to devote attention to
New Year greeting card
to put one's palms together (in prayer or greeting) / to work with a common purpose / harmonious / convenient (to use)
may you live a long and happy life together (wedding greeting)
to return a greeting / to send a gift in return
letter of congratulations / greeting card (e.g. for New Year)


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