弓 gōng — bow (weapon)
弓
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Basic definition
Detailed explanation
noun
- (象形。甲骨文字形，象弓形，有弓背和弓弦，后省去弓弦，只剩下弓背，隶变后变成现在的“弓”字。“弓”是汉字部首之一，从“弓”的字多与“弓箭”有关系。本义:射箭或打弹的器械)
- bow e.g 弓手 · 弓壶 · 弓号 · 弓剑 · 弓箕
- anything bow-shaped e.g 弹弓 胡琴弓 · 弓小 · 弓弯
- bowing
- 丈量土地的器具，用木制成，形状似弓 [old unit for measuring length of land(=5尺)]，两端距离是五尺，也叫步弓 e.g 弓手
measure word
- a measure of length e.g 弓口
verb
- bend;bow e.g 弓身 弓腰人
Related words
- 弓箭 bow and arrow
- 弹弓 slingshot; catapult
- 弓步 bow stance (martial arts / dance)
- 弓弩手 a crossbowman; an archer
- 弓弦 bowstring
- 惊弓之鸟 a badly frightened person; a bird that starts at the mere twang of a bowstring
- 弓形 segment of a circle; bow-shaped; arcuate
- 左右开弓 to use both hands alternately; to shoot or do two things at once
- 弓背 to hunch one's back; to arch the back
- 弓腰 to bend over; to stoop; to arch one's back
- 开弓 to draw a bow; (fig.) to make a start, to commit oneself
- 弓子 bow (of a stringed instrument); a bow
- 琴弓 the bow of a stringed instrument
- 杯弓蛇影 mistaking the bow's reflection in the cup for a snake — imaginary fears
- 鸟尽弓藏 to discard allies once their use is over; to put the bow away when the birds are
- 盘马弯弓 to spur the horse and bend the bow; (fig.) to strike a pose without acting
- 弓弩 bows and crossbows
- 弓身 to bend one's body; the body of a bow
- 弓着腰 to stoop; to bend at the waist