拜天地
Traditional form:
拜天地
Pinyin (reading):
bàitiāndì
Definitions:
- to worship heaven and earth
- ritual kneeling by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony
- also called 拜堂
Characters:
- 拜 - to bow, to salute; to worship, to pay respects
- 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
- 地 - earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
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