[smogcutter]

Appropriately enough, the term you’re looking for is kowtowing (not towing cows), a Chinese term for a deep bow of respect.

[thaumasiotes]

> a Chinese term for a deep bow of respect

Not so much a "deep bow" as "prostration on the ground".

[yorwba]

Literally, hitting (叩/kòu) one's head (头/tóu).

[5trokerac3]

I used a c and it got autocorrected to that

[purple_ducks]

You understand the phrase though right? There was no ambivalence on his meaning or usage.

> Appropriately enough

Ironically enough, you're misusing this phrase.

[Invictus0]

Give me a break, this guy literally just wrote out "cow-towing"