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| 引 | yǐn | 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[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters |
| 稽 | qǐ | to bow to the ground |
| 低头 | dī tóu | to bow the head / to yield / to give in |
| 弛 | chí | to unstring a bow / to slacken / to relax / to loosen |
| 弓箭 | gōng jiàn | bow and arrow |
| 弦 | xián | bow string / string of musical instrument / watchspring / chord (segment of curve) / hypotenuse / CL:根[gen1] |
| 拜 | bài | 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) |
| 为五斗米折腰 | wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhé yāo | (allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜[Tao2 Qian2], 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 |
| 俯首称臣 | fǔ shǒu chēng chén | to bow before (idiom) / to capitulate |
| 剑拔弩张 | jiàn bá nǔ zhāng | lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility / at daggers drawn |
| 挽 | wǎn | 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 |
| 弓 | gōng | a bow (weapon) / CL:張|张[zhang1] / to bend / to arch (one's back etc) |
| 罗圈腿 | luó quān tuǐ | bow-legged / bandy-legged |
| 鞠躬 | jū gōng | to bow / (literary) to bend down |
| 卑躬屈膝 | bēi gōng qū xī | to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor |
| 杯弓蛇影 | bēi gōng shé yǐng | lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions / overly fearful |
| 领结 | lǐng jié | bow tie / loop of a necktie / lavaliere |
| 上弦 | shàng xián | to wind up a watch, clockwork toy etc / to tighten the string of a bow, violin etc / first quarter (phase of the moon) |
| 开弓不放箭 | kāi gōng bù fàng jiàn | lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom) / fig. to bluff / to be all talk and no action / false bravado |
| 膜拜 | mó bài | to kneel and bow with joined hands at forehead level / to worship |
| 交拜 | jiāo bài | to bow to one another / to kneel and kowtow to one another / formal kowtow as part of traditional wedding ceremony |
| 卑躬屈节 | bēi gōng qū jié | to bow and scrape / to act servilely |
| 叩拜 | kòu bài | to bow in salute; to kowtow |
| 打躬作揖 | dǎ gōng zuò yī | to bow respectfully with clasped hands / to beg humbly |
| 能屈能伸 | néng qū néng shēn | can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take / flexible |