to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting; (fig.) submissive

to cup one's hands in salute; to surround; to arch; to dig earth with the snout; arched

blind arch; false arch

semiarch; half arch

a round vault

to bow with clasped hands

to surround and protect

an arch dam

see 拱墅區|拱墅区[Gong3 shu4 Qu1]

pillar of a vault

camber

triforium (gallery of arches above side-aisle vaulting in the nave of a church)

arch

to enfold; to encircle

pillar of a vault

arch bridge

(dialect) (fig.) to fan the flames; to fuel sb's anger

(astronomy) apsis; apse

arch; vault; arched

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

a spandrel (wall filling the shoulder between two neighboring arches)

archway

an arched roof; a dome; a vault

dougong – an interlocking wooden bracket system between the top of a column and a crossbeam, used in traditional Chinese architecture to support overhanging roofs, composed of blocks and arms fitted together without nails

variant of 斗拱[dou3 gong3]

Gongshu, a district of Hangzhou City 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang

Chinese truffle

(astronomy) periapsis

(astronomy) apoapsis

see 眾星捧月|众星捧月[zhong4 xing1 peng3 yue4]

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

double arched bridge

to bow respectfully with clasped hands; to beg humbly

(idiom) to surrender sth without resistance

(idiom) to surrender sth without resistance