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众星捧月

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lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure / to group around a revered leader / to revolve around sb

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
众
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *众* | 众* | *众
6画
multitude, crowd; masses, public
眾衆
8088
OOO
星
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *星* | 星* | *星
9画
a star, planet; any point of light; 25th lunar mansion, determinative star α Hydrae (Alphard)
6010.4
AHQM
捧
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *捧* | 捧* | *捧
11画
hold up in two hands
5505.3
QQKQ
月
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *月* | 月* | *月
4画
moon; month; Kangxi radical 74
7722.0
B

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
众星捧月
lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure / to group around a revered leader / to revolve around sb
众
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *众* | 众* | *众
abbr. for 眾議院|众议院, House of Representatives
众
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *众* | 众* | *众
(bound form) crowd; multitude / (bound form) many; numerous
众
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *众* | 众* | *众
variant of 眾|众
 星
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *星* | 星* | *星
star / heavenly body / satellite / small amount
  捧
  pěng​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捧* | 捧* | *捧
to hold or offer with both hands / to sing the praises of / classifier for what can be held in both hands
   月
   yuè​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *月* | 月* | *月
moon / month / monthly / CL: 個|个, 輪|轮