gǒng bì

拱璧 (gǒng bì) is a Chinese word meaning “a flat round jade ornament with a hole at the center; fig. a treasure”.

Meanings

  1. 1a flat round jade ornament with a hole at the center
  2. 2fig. a treasure

Characters in 拱璧

拱gǒng · to cup one's hands in salute璧bì · jade annulus

Related words

拱to cup one's hands in salute拱手to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting拱门arched door拱形arch完璧归赵lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner璧jade annulus珠联璧合string of pearl and jade (idiom); ideal combination拱桥arch bridge拱道archway拱柱pillar of a vault合璧to match harmoniously众星拱辰lit. all the stars revolve around Polaris 北辰[Bei3 chen2] (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure

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