打千

dǎqiān
genuflection, a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand

CEDICT

  1. (dated) to genuflect (a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand)
  2. to genuflect (a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand)

Wiktionary

屈一膝行半跪禮，以示請安。《紅樓夢．第八回》：「獨有一個買辦名喚錢華的，因他多日未見寶玉，忙上來打千兒請安。」《老殘遊記．第二回》：「有打千兒的，有作揖的，大半打千兒的多，高談闊論，說笑自如。」也作「打扦」、「打僉」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 打 dǎ
  1. a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘 dǎsǎn "to hold an umbrella", 打電話 dǎdiànhuà "to make a phone call", 打針 dǎzhēn "to get an injection", 打手套 dǎshǒutào "to knit gloves", 打氣 dǎqì "to inflate")
  2. to hit; to strike
  3. to fight
  4. (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後 dǎnàyǐhòu "since then")
=2 千 qiān thousand
=2 千 qiān used in 鞦韆 qiūqiān

Containing this entry

打千兒 dǎqiānr