| 打躬作揖 |
dǎ gōng zuò yī |
to bow respectfully with clasped hands / to beg humbly |
| 打 |
dá |
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3] |
| 打 |
dǎ |
to hit; to strike / to fight / (in many expressions) a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide range of meanings, e.g. 打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 "to make a phone call", 打针 "to get an injection" / (coll.) from; since |
| 躬 |
gōng |
(literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso) / (bound form) to bow / (literary) oneself; personally |
| 躬 |
gōng |
old variant of 躬 |
| 作 |
zuō |
(bound form) worker / (bound form) workshop / (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) |
| 作 |
zuò |
to do; to engage in / to write; to compose / to pretend; to feign / to regard as; to consider to be / to be; to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings; works |
| 作揖 |
zuò yī |
to bow with hands held in front |
| 揖 |
yī |
to greet by raising clasped hands |