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  *拱* | 拱* | *拱
to cup one's hands in salute / to surround / to arch / to dig earth with the snout / arched
HSK 7-9
triforium (gallery of arches above side-aisle vaulting in the nave of a church)
to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting / (fig.) submissive
arch
arched door
arch bridge
to surround and protect
(dialect) (fig.) to fan the flames; to fuel sb's anger
(idiom) to surrender sth without resistance
an arched roof / a dome / a vault
an arch dam
a flat round jade ornament with a hole at the center / fig. a treasure
to bow with clasped hands
Gongshu district of Hangzhou city 杭州市, Zhejiang
archway
to enfold / to encircle
lit. all the stars revolve around Polaris 北辰 (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure / to group around a revered leader
interlocking wooden brackets between the top of a column and crossbeams used in traditional Chinese architecture
variant of 斗拱
arch / vault / arched
camber
(astronomy) apsis; apse
blind arch / false arch
pillar of a vault
a spandrel (wall filling the shoulder between two neighboring arches)
pillar of a vault
(idiom) to surrender sth without resistance
semiarch / half arch
a round vault
to bow respectfully with clasped hands / to beg humbly
Gongshu district of Hangzhou city 杭州市, Zhejiang
to watch from the sidelines and do nothing (idiom)
Chinese truffle
(astronomy) periapsis
(astronomy) apoapsis
double arched bridge


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