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arch
arch / vault / arched
to watch from the sidelines and do nothing (idiom)
arched door
a round vault
pillar of a vault
triforium (gallery of arches above side-aisle vaulting in the nave of a church)
(idiom) to surrender sth without resistance
(idiom) to surrender sth without resistance
to enfold / to encircle
dougong – an interlocking wooden bracket system between the top of a column and a crossbeam, used in traditional Chinese architecture to support overhanging roofs, composed of blocks and arms fitted together without nails
an arch dam
arch bridge
Gongshu district of Hangzhou city 杭州市, Zhejiang
double arched bridge
(astronomy) periapsis
to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting / (fig.) submissive
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  *枓* | 枓* | *枓
(architecture) square wooden bearing block used to support a bracket in a dougong 斗拱 bracket system
camber
a spandrel (wall filling the shoulder between two neighboring arches)
to surround and protect
to bow with clasped hands
to bow respectfully with clasped hands / to beg humbly
an arched roof / a dome / a vault
archway
Gongshu district of Hangzhou city 杭州市, Zhejiang
blind arch / false arch
pillar of a vault
semiarch / half arch
(dialect) (fig.) to fan the flames; to fuel sb's anger
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
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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
a flat round jade ornament with a hole at the center / fig. a treasure
(astronomy) apsis; apse
Chinese truffle
(astronomy) apoapsis
variant of 斗拱
variant of 斗拱


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