gǒng
Pinyin

Definition

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gǒng
  1. to cup one's hands in salute
  2. to surround
  3. to arch
  4. to dig earth with the snout
  5. arched

Character Decomposition

Related Words (11)

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
Gǒng shù qū
  1. 1 Gongshu district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Háng zhōu shì], Zhejiang
gǒng xíng
  1. 1 arch
gǒng qiáo
  1. 1 arch bridge

Idioms (3)

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