| | to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters | HSK 4 |
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| | to bow the head / to yield / to give in | HSK 6 |
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| | a bow (weapon) / CL: 張｜张 / to bend / to arch (one's back etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to pull / to draw (a cart or a bow) / to roll up / to coil / to carry on the arm / to lament the dead / (fig.) to pull against / to recover | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to bow / (literary) to bend down | HSK 7-9 |
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| | bow string / string of musical instrument / watchspring / chord (segment of curve) / hypotenuse / CL: 根 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to bow to; to pay one's respects / (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion) / to make a courtesy call / (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony / to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc) / (used before some verbs to indicate politeness) | |
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| | (literary) handrail at the front of a carriage or chariot; to bow while leaning on this handrail as a gesture of respect | |
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| | bow and arrow | |
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| | bow case or scabbard / to hide / military strategy | |
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| | to draw a bamboo bow or crossbow | |
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| | to bow to the ground | |
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| | to incline (one's torso); to bow / leather ball used in ancient times / (literary) to bring up; to rear / Taiwan pr. [ju2] | |
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| | bow case / to cover | |
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| | to wind up a watch, clockwork toy etc / to tighten the string of a bow, violin etc / first quarter (phase of the moon) | |
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| | to shoot dead (with a gun, or bow and arrow) | |
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| | to bow / to salute | |
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| | to bend at the waist; to bow / (fig.) to bow to; to submit | |
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| | to kneel and bow with joined hands at forehead level / to worship | |
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| | the bow or prow of a ship | |
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| | bow tie / loop of a necktie / lavaliere | |
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| | lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility / at daggers drawn | |
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| | to bow / personally | |
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| | huqin / family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring | |
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| | can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take / flexible | |
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| | to bow with hands held in front | |
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| | bow of a ship | |
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| | to unstring a bow / to slacken / to relax / to loosen | |
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| | bow and crossbow | |
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| | lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom) / fig. sb who frightens easily, due to past experiences | |
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| | to lean over / to bend over / to stoop / to bow | |
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| | to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor | |
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| | to prostrate oneself in worship (idiom) / (fig.) to worship / to bow down to | |
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| | the part of a bow grasped when shooting | |
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| | bow case / quiver | |
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| | to bow in salute; to kowtow | |
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| | handle of bow | |
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| | strong bow / bowstring / to fill; full | |
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| | to nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping / unctuous fawning | |
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| | ship's bow | |
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| | (of a bow) impactful / powerful | |
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| | instrument for straightening bows | |
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| | fore hold (on ship) / bow cabin | |
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| | bow of ship | |
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| | to submit; to yield; to bow to sb's will | |
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| | lit. to behave like a dog wagging its tail, seeking its master's affection (idiom) / fig. to fawn on sb / to bow and scrape / to grovel | |
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| | carved bow | |
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| | ends of a bow | |
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| | lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions / overly fearful | |
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| | within the range of a bow and arrow / (fig.) under sb's control | |
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| | to pull the bow without shooting (idiom from Mencius); ready and waiting for action / to go through the motions / to practice / a trial run | |
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| | unbent bow | |
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| | to bow down to everything sb says or does / to act submissively in order to ingratiate oneself | |
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| | lit. to restring one's bow / to reform and start over again | |
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| | bow case | |
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| | cove / bay / a bend or nook in the hills / the curve of a bow | |
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| | oar / stand for correcting a bow | |
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| | lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose | |
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| | bow of a Chinese boat | |
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| | bow bag | |
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| | to bow respectfully with clasped hands / to beg humbly | |
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| | to bow and scrape / to act servilely | |
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| | to draw a bow to the full / the range of a bow and arrow / old variant of 夠｜够, enough | |
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| | bowed / curved like a bow | |
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| | to bow down low / to make obeisance / to kneel and bow | |
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| | variant of 弦 / bow string / string of musical instrument / watch spring / chord (straight line joining two points on a curve) / hypotenuse | |
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| | to bow again / to bow twice (gesture of respect in former times) / (in letters, an expression of respect) | |
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| | bow / bowknot | |
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| | to prostrate oneself / to kneel and bow the head (in submission, supplication, worship etc) | |
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| | to bow in thanks | |
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| | bow legs; bow-leggedness | |
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| | bow decorated with animal horns | |
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| | composite bow (archery) | |
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| | to bow to one another / to kneel and kowtow to one another / formal kowtow as part of traditional wedding ceremony | |
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| | bow-and-arrow step (dance step) | |
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| | to perform the ritual bows / to follow the customary ceremonies | |
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| | to bow with clasped hands | |
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| | can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take / flexible | |
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| | bow of a warship | |
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| | (archery) bow limb | |
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| | to bend the body at the waist / to bow | |
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| | bow tie | |
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| | to bow before (idiom) / to capitulate | |
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| | (archery) recurve bow | |
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| | (old) to bow and utter polite phrases / to open the way (for a dignitary etc) | |
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| | to bend at the waist / (fig.) to bow to / (diving) pike position | |
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| | to bow respectfully with clasped hands / to beg humbly | |
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| | bow (of a stringed instrument) | |
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| | lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom) / fig. to bluff / to be all talk and no action / false bravado | |
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| | to bow one's head in acknowledgment of guilt / to admit one's guilt | |
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| | bow legs / bandy legs | |
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| | to bow / to bend at the waist | |
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| | nock at end of bow / stretch | |
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| | (literary) to draw one's bow to the full / Taiwan pr. [kuo4] | |
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| | (slang) (from Cantonese) to bow out after a long career / to pack it in / (of a gangster, prostitute etc) to get out of the game / (of a business) to cease to operate | |
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| | (allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛｜陶潜, who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate) / (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary | |
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| | to bow around with hands joined (to people on all sides) | |
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