Might mean (unverified): Submit fearfully to authoritative command.
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verb:  (idiomatic, chiefly China) To unthinkingly obey or pander to authorities, especially the Chinese government.
verb:  (historical, China) Phrase promulgating a decree of the Chinese imperial government or the early British colonial administration in Hong Kong.

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