zhòng xīng pěng yuè

Traditional: 眾星捧月

众星捧月 (zhòng xīng pěng yuè) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure; to group around a revered leader; to revolve around sb”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure
  2. 2to group around a revered leader
  3. 3to revolve around sb

Characters in 众星捧月

众zhòng · (bound form) crowd; multitude星xīng · star捧pěng · to hold or offer with both hands月yuè · moon

Related words

月moon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

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