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Examples:nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping—pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together—can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready give and take—lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. get rid of sb once he has served his purpose—kneel and bow the head (in submission, supplication, worship etc)—lit. see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions—family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring—bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning—bow-and-arrow step (dance step)—bow around with hands joined (to people on all sides)—the bow or prow of a ship—pull the bow without shooting (idiom from Mencius); ready and waiting for action—the part of a bow grasped when shooting—prodigious abundance of fruit (idiom); fruit hangs heavy on the bow—lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow [idiom.]— |