磕头如捣蒜

Traditional form:

磕頭如搗蒜

Pinyin (reading):

kètóurúdǎosuàn

Definitions:

• lit. to kowtow like grinding garlic (idiom)
• fig. to pound the ground with one's head

Characters:

• 磕 - to collide, to hit, to knock, to tap
• 头 - head; chief, boss; first, top
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 捣 - to thresh, to pound; to stir, to disturb; to attack
• 蒜 - garlic

Traditional characters:

• 磕 - to collide, to hit, to knock, to tap
• 頭 - head; chief, boss; first, top
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 搗 - to thresh, to pound; to stir, to disturb; to attack
• 蒜 - garlic