zhòng xīng gǒng chén

Traditional: 眾星拱辰

众星拱辰 (zhòng xīng gǒng chén) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. all the stars revolve around Polaris 北辰[Bei3 chen2] (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure; to group around a revered leader”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. all the stars revolve around Polaris 北辰[Bei3 chen2] (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure
  2. 2to group around a revered leader

Characters in 众星拱辰

众zhòng · (bound form) crowd; multitude星xīng · star拱gǒng · to cup one's hands in salute辰chén · 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon

Related words

星期week观众spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc)明星star; celebrity星star星球celestial body (e.g. planet, satellite etc); heavenly body卫星(aerospace) satellite公众public外星人space alien; extraterrestrial星星(coll.) a star; the stars in the sky与众不同(idiom) to stand out from the crowd; distinctive; different from the rest星期五Friday星期六Saturday

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