打拱作揖

Traditional form:

打拱作揖

Pinyin (reading):

dǎgǒngzuòyī

Definitions:

• to bow respectfully with clasped hands
• to beg humbly

Characters:

• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 拱 - to salute, to bow; arched; arch
• 作 - to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
• 揖 - to bow, to salute; to defer, to yield

Traditional characters:

• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 拱 - to salute, to bow; arched; arch
• 作 - to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
• 揖 - to bow, to salute; to defer, to yield