He was kowtowingto the ancestors, foreigners laugh said: do your ancestors will be able to eat table food for it?
他给祖先叩头,外国人嘲笑说:这样做你的祖先就能吃到供桌上的饭菜了吗?
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To extradite Mr Lugovoi or try him at home would be kowtowingto the West (and betraying a KGB ex-colleague); by doing nothing, he may seem to be protecting a murder suspect.