弓腰
弓腰 gōng yāo ㄍㄨㄥ ㄧㄠ gung1 jiu1
- to bow
- to bend at the waist
Stroke order
Practice writing
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Character breakdown
More words with these characters
弓
腰
- 弯腰彎腰 wān yāo ㄨㄢ ㄧㄠ waan1 jiu1 to stoop
- 撑腰撐腰 chēng yāo ㄔㄥ ㄧㄠ caang1 jiu1 to support
- 下腰 xià yāo ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄠ haa6 jiu1 (gymnastics) to do a bridge
- 仗腰 zhàng yāo ㄓㄤˋ ㄧㄠ zoeng6 jiu1 to back sb up
- 前腰 qián yāo ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄠ cin4 jiu1 (soccer) attacking midfield; attacking midfielder role
- 半腰 bàn yāo ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄠ bun3 jiu1 middle
Idioms with these characters
- 杯弓蛇影 bēi gōng shé yǐng ㄅㄟ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕㄜˊ ㄧㄥˇ bui1 gung1 se4 jing2 lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions
- 惊弓之鸟驚弓之鳥 jīng gōng zhī niǎo ㄐㄧㄥ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄓ ㄋㄧㄠˇ ging1 gung1 zi1 niu5 lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom)
- 鸟尽弓藏鳥盡弓藏 niǎo jìn gōng cáng ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄘㄤˊ niu5 zeon6 gung1 cong4 lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
- 左右开弓左右開弓 zuǒ yòu kāi gōng ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄡˋ ㄎㄞ ㄍㄨㄥ zo2 jau6 hoi1 gung1 lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)
- 点头哈腰點頭哈腰 diǎn tóu hā yāo ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄏㄚ ㄧㄠ dim2 tau4 haa1 jiu1 to nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping
- 腰缠万贯腰纏萬貫 yāo chán wàn guàn ㄧㄠ ㄔㄢˊ ㄨㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢˋ jiu1 cin4 maan6 gun3 lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money
- 腰金衣紫 yāo jīn yī zǐ ㄧㄠ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄧ ㄗˇ jiu1 gam1 ji1 zi2 golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom); in official position