dǎ gōng zuò yī

打躬作揖 (dǎ gōng zuò yī) is a Chinese word meaning “to bow respectfully with clasped hands; to beg humbly”.

Meanings

  1. 1to bow respectfully with clasped hands
  2. 2to beg humbly

Characters in 打躬作揖

打dá · (loanword) dozen躬gōng · (literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso)作zuō · (bound form) worker揖yī · to greet by raising clasped hands

Related words

打(loanword) dozen打a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate")工作to work打电话to make a telephone call打算to plan作为one's conduct打开to open作(bound form) worker作to do; to engage in合作to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together打扰to disturb动作movement; motion; action

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