| | 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 to the ground | |
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| | to bow the head / to yield / to give in | HSK 6 |
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| | to draw a bow; to pull back a bowstring | |
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| | to unstring a bow / to slacken / to relax / to loosen | |
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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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| | (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 before (idiom) / to capitulate | |
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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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| | a bow (weapon) / CL: 張｜张 / to bend / to arch (one's back etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to bow / (literary) to bend down | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor | |
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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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| | 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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| | 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 kneel and bow with joined hands at forehead level / to worship | |
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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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| | to bow and scrape / to act servilely | |
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| | to bow in salute; to kowtow | |
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| | to bow respectfully with clasped hands / to beg humbly | |
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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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| | 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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| | 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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| | to bow one's head in acknowledgment of guilt / to admit one's guilt | |
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| | to shoot dead (with a gun, or bow and arrow) | |
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| | to bow with hands held in front | |
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| | to bend at the waist / (fig.) to bow to / (diving) pike position | |
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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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| | to bow again / to bow twice (gesture of respect in former times) / (in letters, an expression of respect) | |
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| | to bow / to bend at the waist | |
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| | to nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping / unctuous fawning | |
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| | to bow deeply, starting upright with arms straight out in front, one hand cupped in the other, then moving the hands down to one's knees as one bows, keeping the arms straight (a form of greeting) | |
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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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| | to submit; to yield; to bow to sb's will | |
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| | bow case / to cover | |
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| | to bow down low / to make obeisance / to kneel and bow | |
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| | to bend the body at the waist / to 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. 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 prostrate oneself in worship (idiom) / (fig.) to worship / to bow down to | |
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| | to bow / personally | |
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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 or scabbard / to hide / military strategy | |
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| | to bow with clasped hands | |
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| | to draw a bamboo bow or crossbow | |
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| | to bow respectfully with clasped hands / to beg humbly | |
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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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| | strong bow / bowstring / to fill; full | |
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| | to bow around with hands joined (to people on all sides) | |
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| | to lean over / to bend over / to stoop / to bow | |
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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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| | lit. to restring one's bow / to reform and start over again | |
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| | to perform the ritual bows / to follow the customary ceremonies | |
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| | to bow / to salute | |
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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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| | (literary) to draw one's bow to the full / Taiwan pr. [kuo4] | |
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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; to bow / (fig.) to bow to; to submit | |
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| | (literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso) / (bound form) to bow / (literary) oneself; personally | |
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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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