弓
gōng
Pinyin

Definition

弓
 - 
gōng
  1. a bow (weapon)
  2. CL:張|张[zhāng]
  3. to bend
  4. to arch (one's back etc)
弓
 - 
Gōng
  1. surname Gong

Character Decomposition

Compounds (35)

第
dì
  1. 1 (prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc)
  2. 2 order
  3. 3 (old) rank in the imperial examinations
  4. 4 mansion
  5. 5 (literary) but
  6. 6 just
强
Qiáng
  1. 1 surname Qiang
强
jiàng
  1. 1 stubborn
  2. 2 unyielding
强
qiáng
  1. 1 strong
  2. 2 powerful
  3. 3 better
  4. 4 slightly more than
  5. 5 vigorous
  6. 6 violent
  7. 7 best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bǎi qiáng]
强
qiǎng
  1. 1 to force
  2. 2 to compel
  3. 3 to strive
  4. 4 to make an effort

Related Words (16)

弓形
gōng xíng
  1. 1 circular segment
弹弓
dàn gōng
  1. 1 catapult
  2. 2 slingshot
足弓
zú gōng
  1. 1 arch (of a foot)
弓
Gōng
  1. 1 surname Gong
弓弦
gōng xián
  1. 1 bowstring

Idioms (7)

左右开弓
zuǒ yòu kāi gōng
  1. 1 lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to display ambidexterity
  3. 3 to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession
  4. 4 to use both feet equally (football)
杯弓蛇影
bēi gōng shé yǐng
  1. 1 lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions
  2. 2 overly fearful
开弓不放箭
kāi gōng bù fàng jiàn
  1. 1 lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to bluff
  3. 3 to be all talk and no action
  4. 4 false bravado
开弓没有回头箭
kāi gōng méi yǒu huí tóu jiàn
  1. 1 lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back
  3. 3 to have to finish what one started
  4. 4 to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks
霸王硬上弓
bà wáng yìng shàng gōng
  1. 1 to force oneself upon sb (idiom)
  2. 2 to rape

Sample Sentences

乐广在家中思来想去、东翻西找，最后在客厅一抬头便看见墙上挂了一只弓，弯弯曲曲地像条蛇似的。脑中突然灵光一闪，心想：该不会和这只弓有关吧？于是乐广发挥了科学办案的精神，决定来个案情重组。
YuèGuǎng zài jiā zhōng sīláixiǎngqù 、dōngfānxīzhǎo ，zuìhòu zài kètīng yī táitóu biàn kànjiàn qiáng shàng guà le yī zhī gōng ，wānwānqūqū de xiàng tiáo shé shìde 。nǎozhōng tūrán língguāngyìshǎn ，xīnxiǎng ：gāi bùhuì hé zhè zhī gōng yǒuguān ba ？yúshì YuèGuǎng fāhuī le kēxué bànàn de jīngshén ，juédìng lái ge ànqíng chóngzǔ 。
Yue Guang racked his brain and searched everywhere at his place. Finally, he looked up in the living room and saw a bow hanging on the wall. The bow looks twisted like a snake. A light bulb went on in his brain, "Could the bow has something to do with this?" He thought. Then he decided to reorganise the case with the spirit of tackling this case using science.
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杯弓蛇影
bēigōngshéyǐng
extremely suspicious
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于是乐广立马奔去找友人，将友人带回自己家中，又将情况重新完整地还原了一次。友人一看”唷！这不就是我当天喝下去的那条蛇吗？原来它压根儿就不是蛇，只是弓的倒影，是我自己吓自己！虚惊一场！”。知道了原委，他这病也就立刻痊愈了。
yúshì YuèGuǎng lìmǎ bēn qù zhǎo yǒurén ，jiāng yǒurén dài huí zìjǐ jiā zhōng ，yòu jiāng qíngkuàng chóngxīn wánzhěng de huányuán le yīcì 。yǒurén yī kàn ”yō ！zhè bù jiùshì wǒ dāngtiān hē xiàqù de nà tiáo shé ma ？yuánlái tā yàgēnr jiù búshi shé ，zhǐshì gōng de dàoyǐng ，shì wǒ zìjǐ hè zìjǐ ！xūjīngyìchǎng ！”。zhīdào le yuánwěi ，tā zhè bìng yě jiù lìkè quányù le 。
He rushed to his friend's immediately, brought him back to his place, and restored the scene again. Once his friend saw it, he realized,"Oh! Isn't this the snake I swallowed down that day? It turns out that it is not a snake at all, but a reflection of the bow. I was scaring myself. False alarm!" After knowing the whole story, he restored his health immediately.
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嗯，很好，来...右手手指不要一直把弓撑开，你只是轻松地托着弓，拉内弦的时候，无名指稍微压一下...对！很好。
ng4 ，hěn hǎo ，lái ...yòushǒu shǒuzhǐ bù yào yīzhí bǎ gōng chēng kāi ，nǐ zhǐ shì qīngsōng de tuō zhe gōng ，lā nèi xián de shíhou ，wúmíngzhǐ shāowēi yā yīxià ...duì ！hěn hǎo 。
Hmm, very good, come on... the finger on your right hand shouldn't keep holding the bow away. You just need to lightly support the bow. When you are playing the inner strings, your ring finger should press down a little more... yes! Very good.
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二胡声音的大小不是看压弦的力气，是看推弓、拉弓的速度，节奏感比力气大小更重要。
èrhú shēngyīn de dàxiǎo bùshì kàn yā xián de lìqi ，shì kàn tuī gōng 、lā gōng de sùdù ，jiézòugǎn bǐ lìqi dàxiǎo gèng zhòngyào 。
The volume of sound has nothing to do with the force with which you press down on the strings, it depends on the speed with which you push and pull the bow. Your sense of rhythm is more important than the force.
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我姓张，弓长张。
wǒ xìng zhāng ，gōng cháng zhāng 。
My surname is Zhang, (the character where you combine) Bow and Long (to make) Zhang.
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哎，你怎么泄露秘密了？不过太阳不知道有一个叫后羿的神箭手。后羿百发百中。大家就请他去射太阳。后羿一想到自己可以为人民服务，就特得意。他拉开大弓，搭上神箭，对准太阳，嗖地一声，一个太阳就掉下来了。
āi ，nǐ zěnme xièlòu mìmì le ？bùguò tàiyáng bù zhīdào yǒu yī ge jiào Hòuyì de shénjiànshǒu 。Hòuyì bǎifābǎizhòng 。dàjiā jiù qǐng tā qù shè tàiyáng 。Hòuyì yī xiǎngdào zìjǐ kěyǐ wèi rénmín fúwù ，jiù tè déyì 。tā lā kāi dà gōng ，dāshàng shén jiàn ，duìzhǔn tàiyáng ，sōu de yī shēng ，yī ge tàiyáng jiù diào xiàlái le 。
Hey, how come you let the secret out? The thing was, the suns didn't know there was a spirit-archer named, Hou Yi. Hou Yi shot arrows with unfailing accuracy. Everyone wanted him to go shoot the suns. The minute Hou Yi realized he could do something in service of his people, he was more than willing. He pulled back his bow, positioned his magical arrow, aimed for the suns, and with a whizz, one of them came falling down.
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张，弓长张。
Zhāng ，gōng cháng Zhāng 。
Zhang, the one with the ``bow" radical and the character for ``long."
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