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拜謁

简拜谒 · 繁拜謁

Mandarin · pinyin bài yè

to pay a formal visit
to call to pay respects
to pay homage (at a monument, mausoleum etc)

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拜: bài · do obeisance, bow, kowtow
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谒: yè · visit, pay respects

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4–4 · bai4 ye4

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verb

(honorific, literary) to pay visit to a superior; to have an audience with or call on somebody holding high office
(literary) to look at with reverence; to pay homage to

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