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
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Only used with hands or snout, not with general tools like a shovel.
Formality
The 'to cup one's hands in salute' meaning is now formal/literary; rarely used in daily conversation.
Example Sentences
1 shown这棵树 拱 出了地面。
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Words Containing 拱
blind arch
semiarch
a round vault
to bow with clasped hands
to bow respectfully with clasped hands
Gongshu district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[háng zhōu shì], Zhejiang
Gongshu district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[háng zhōu shì], Zhejiang
pillar of a vault
an arch dam
camber
triforium (gallery of arches above side-aisle vaulting in the nave of a church)
arch
to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting
to watch from the sidelines and do nothing (idiom)
lit. to bow and give way (idiom)
to encircle
pillar of a vault
arch bridge
arch
a flat round jade ornament with a hole at the center
a spandrel (wall filling the shoulder between two neighboring arches)
to surround and protect
archway
arched door
an arched roof
(astronomy) apsis; apse
see 眾星捧月|众星捧月[zhòng xīng pěng yuè]
lit. all the stars revolve around Polaris 北辰[běi chén] (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure
Chinese truffle
(astronomy) periapsis
(astronomy) apoapsis
double arched bridge