"弓" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Mandarin gōng
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Sijiao 1720.7
Wubi XNGN
CNS 11643 1-445E
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Unicode U+5F13
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 gōng a bow (weapon) / CL:張|张[zhang1] / to bend / to arch (one's back etc)
Results beginning with 弓
 gōng jiàn bow and arrow
 gōng nǔ bow and crossbow
 gōng xián bowstring
 gōng xíng circular segment
 gōng bèi to hunch over / to stoop / to arch one's back (upward)
 gōng chóng Toxoplasma gondii
 gōng shēn to bend the body at the waist / to bow
 gōng yāo to bow / to bend at the waist
 gōng zhuàng bowed / curved like a bow
 gōng zú bound feet
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 gōng jiàn shǒu archer
 gōng nǔ shǒu crossbow shooter
 gōng xíng chóng Toxoplasma gondii
 Gōng cháng lǐng Gongchangling district of Liaoyang city 遼陽市|辽阳市[Liao2 yang2 shi4], Liaoning
 gōng jiàn bù bow-and-arrow step (dance step)
 gōng jiāng chóng Toxoplasma gondii
 gōng tóu jīng bowhead
 gōng xián r bowstring
 Gōng cháng lǐng qū Gongchangling district of Liaoyang city 遼陽市|辽阳市[Liao2 yang2 shi4], Liaoning
 gōng xíng bàn suǒ bow tripwire
 gōng xíng tǐ bìng toxoplasmosis / toxo
Approximate Results for 弓
 dàn gōng catapult / slingshot
 jiàn gōng tendon arch (anatomy)
 jiǎo gōng bow decorated with animal horns
 nǔ gōng crossbow
 quán gōng cheek bone / zygomatic arch (anatomy)
 sāi gōng visceral arch (gill-bearing arch or its vestigial crease on sides of neck of vertebrates)
 zhè gōng bow made from the 柘[zhe4] tree
 zú gōng arch (of a foot)
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 fù hé gōng composite bow (archery)
 gāo gōng zú high-arched feet
 jí diàn gōng pantograph (transportation)
 shòu diàn gōng pantograph (transportation)
 zuǒ yòu kāi gōng lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom) / fig. to display ambidexterity / to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession / to use both feet equally (football)
 bēi gōng shé yǐng lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom) / fig. unnecessary suspicions / overly fearful
 niǎo jìn gōng cáng lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom) / fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
 jīng gōng zhī niǎo lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom) / fig. sb who frightens easily, due to past experiences
 shāng gōng zhī niǎo see 驚弓之鳥|惊弓之鸟[jing1 gong1 zhi1 niao3]
 jiǎo gōng fǎn zhāng opitoshtonous (med.), muscular spasm of the body associated with tetanus and meningitis
 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
 bà wáng yìng shàng gōng to force oneself upon sb (idiom) / to rape
 kāi gōng méi yǒu huí tóu jiàn lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom) / fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back / to have to finish what one started / to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks
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