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gōng
HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

  1. 1. a bow (weapon)
  2. 2. to bend
  3. 3. to arch (one's back etc)

Words Containing 弓

弓箭手
gōng jiàn shǒu

archer

弓弦
gōng xián

bowstring

弹弓
dàn gōng

catapult

弓形
gōng xíng

circular segment

弓长岭区
gōng cháng lǐng qū

Gongchangling district of Liaoyang city 遼陽市|辽阳市[liáo yáng shì], Liaoning

高弓足
gāo gōng zú

high-arched feet

伤弓之鸟
shāng gōng zhī niǎo

see 驚弓之鳥|惊弓之鸟[jīng gōng zhī niǎo]

弓箭步
gōng jiàn bù

bow-and-arrow step (dance step)

弓浆虫
gōng jiāng chóng

Toxoplasma gondii

足弓
zú gōng

arch (of a foot)

弓箭
gōng jiàn

bow and arrow

杯弓蛇影
bēi gōng shé yǐng

lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions

弓虫
gōng chóng

Toxoplasma gondii

复合弓
fù hé gōng

composite bow (archery)

弓弩手
gōng nǔ shǒu

crossbow shooter

弓身
gōng shēn

to bend the body at the waist

角弓反张
jiǎo gōng fǎn zhāng

opitoshtonous (med.), muscular spasm of the body associated with tetanus and meningitis

腱弓
jiàn gōng

tendon arch (anatomy)

弓长岭
gōng cháng lǐng

Gongchangling district of Liaoyang city 遼陽市|辽阳市[liáo yáng shì], Liaoning

左右开弓
zuǒ yòu kāi gōng

lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)

受电弓
shòu diàn gōng

pantograph (transportation)

霸王硬上弓
bà wáng yìng shàng gōng

to force oneself upon sb (idiom)

惊弓之鸟
jīng gōng zhī niǎo

lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom)

弩弓
nǔ gōng

crossbow

弓腰
gōng yāo

to bow

弓状
gōng zhuàng

bowed

弓背
gōng bèi

to hunch over

角弓
jiǎo gōng

bow decorated with animal horns

柘弓
zhè gōng

bow made from the 柘[zhè] tree

颧弓
quán gōng

cheek bone

集电弓
jí diàn gōng

pantograph (transportation)

开弓不放箭
kāi gōng bù fàng jiàn

lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom)

弓形虫
gōng xíng chóng

Toxoplasma gondii

弓弩
gōng nǔ

bow and crossbow

鸟尽弓藏
niǎo jìn gōng cáng

lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose

鳃弓
sāi gōng

visceral arch (gill-bearing arch or its vestigial crease on sides of neck of vertebrates)

开弓没有回头箭
kāi gōng méi yǒu huí tóu jiàn

lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom)

弓足
gōng zú

bound feet