三跪九叩

to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)

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three / 3

= + : Mnemonic symbol: Cartesian coordinate system with three (三) axes. Socrates (s-) is performing in front of the anthill (-an1). He created an electrical flute by attaching a large capacitor (二) to the flute (一), so that he can get the attention of all the people. Moreover, he's balancing on a Cartesian coordinate system (三). Unfortunately, only three (三) people stop to watch the performance.
to kneel

= + : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is kneeling down (跪) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) to read a danger ahead-sign (危). It wars her of the cowboy boots further ahead (⻊).
nine / 9

= 丿 + + : Joan of Arc is on cloud nine in the outhouse. With a shovel, she dug up a banana: when she peeled it she found a flute inside, with which she instantly fell in love.
to knock / to kowtow

= + : In the outhouse's bathroom, Karl Marx kow tows before the baby seal and its huge mandarin.
old variant of 叩[kou4] / to knock

= + : In the outhouse's bathroom, Karl Marx kow tows before the baby seal and its huge mandarin.

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