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拱
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Definitions
- 1. to cup one's hands in salute
- 2. to surround
- 3. to arch
- 4. to dig earth with the snout
- 5. arched
Words Containing 拱
double arched bridge
to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting
arch
a flat round jade ornament with a hole at the center
to bow with clasped hands
semiarch
to encircle
arch
archway
to surround and protect
to watch from the sidelines and do nothing (idiom)
blind arch
pillar of a vault
camber
to bow respectfully with clasped hands
a spandrel (wall filling the shoulder between two neighboring arches)
(astronomy) periapsis
lit. all the stars revolve around Polaris 北辰[běi chén] (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure
Chinese truffle
Gongshu district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[háng zhōu shì], Zhejiang
a round vault
triforium (gallery of arches above side-aisle vaulting in the nave of a church)
(astronomy) apsis; apse
arched door
pillar of a vault
Gongshu district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[háng zhōu shì], Zhejiang
lit. to bow and give way (idiom)
an arch dam
(astronomy) apoapsis
see 眾星捧月|众星捧月[zhòng xīng pěng yuè]
an arched roof
arch bridge