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My name is Coach Shane.

Today's expression is fantastic.

It is kowtow.

Kowtow.

The spelling is K-O-W-T-O-W.

It's one word and it's a verb.

I guess it could be used as a noun, but we usually use it as a verb. I guess it could be used as a noun,

but we usually use it as a verb.

And we say something like,

don't cowtow to him.

Or you need to kowtow to me. What does it mean to kowtow to me.

What does it mean to kowtow?

Well, basically, it means to bow, B-O-W.

You can think about maybe in Japan or China when two old men meet each other, when they say hi, do they shake hands?

No, usually they bow. They bend over and look at the ground. They don't look at the person

and they say hi. This is bowing bowing and actually kowtow is a word that comes from chinese

so this is an english word that we took from china kowtow however do americans bow no it's not common i know many However, do Americans bow?

No, it's not common.

I know many cultures around the world, they will bow to each other.

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