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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, 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
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 陶潜, 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
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:张 / to bend / to arch (one's back etc)
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
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