拱肩
gǒng jiān
Pinyin

Definition

拱肩
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gǒng jiān
  1. a spandrel (wall filling the shoulder between two neighboring arches)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jiān
  1. 1 shoulder
  2. 2 to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
jiān bǎng
  1. 1 shoulder
bìng jiān
  1. 1 alongside
  2. 2 shoulder to shoulder
  3. 3 side by side
  4. 4 abreast
dān jiān bāo
  1. 1 shoulder bag
diàn jiān
  1. 1 shoulder pad
pī jiān
  1. 1 cape
  2. 2 shawl
  3. 3 (of long hair) to trail over one's shoulders
gǒng
  1. 1 to cup one's hands in salute
  2. 2 to surround
  3. 3 to arch
  4. 4 to dig earth with the snout
  5. 5 arched
gǒng shǒu
  1. 1 to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting
  2. 2 (fig.) submissive
cā jiān ér guò
  1. 1 brief encounter
  2. 2 to brush past sb
sǒng jiān
  1. 1 to shrug one's shoulders
jiān bìng jiān
  1. 1 shoulder to shoulder
  2. 2 abreast
  3. 3 side by side
jiān zhōu yán
  1. 1 adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
jiān dài
  1. 1 shoulder strap
  2. 2 shoulder harness
  3. 3 shoulder belt
  4. 4 baldric
  5. 5 CL:條|条[tiáo]
jiān zhāng
  1. 1 epaulet
  2. 2 shoulder loop
  3. 3 shoulder mark
jiān fù
  1. 1 to shoulder (a burden)
  2. 2 to bear
  3. 3 to suffer (a disadvantage)
jiān tóu
  1. 1 on one's shoulders
  2. 2 (dialect) shoulder
shuāng jiān bāo
  1. 1 backpack
kǎn jiān
  1. 1 sleeveless jacket (usually cotton)
  2. 2 Chinese waistcoat
Gǒng shù qū
  1. 1 Gongshu district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Háng zhōu shì], Zhejiang
gǒng láng
  1. 1 triforium (gallery of arches above side-aisle vaulting in the nave of a church)

Idioms (5)

勾肩搭背
gōu jiān dā bèi
  1. 1 arms around each other's shoulders (idiom)
拱手旁观
gǒng shǒu páng guān
  1. 1 to watch from the sidelines and do nothing (idiom)
拱手相让
gōng shǒu xiāng ràng
  1. 1 to bow and give way (idiom)
  2. 2 to surrender sth readily
众星拱辰
zhòng xīng gǒng chén
  1. 1 lit. all the stars revolve around Polaris 北辰[Běi chén] (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure
  2. 2 to group around a revered leader
秀发垂肩
xiù fà chuí jiān
  1. 1 beautiful shoulder length hair (idiom)

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