To bend the body as a gesture of respect or greeting; can also mean to bend down in a literary context.

to work with total dedication and strive to the utmost, literally "to bend to the task until one is worn out"; often used in the phrase [[鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已|鞠躬盡瘁，死而後已|ju1 gong1 jin4 cui4 si3 er2 hou4 yi3]]

(variant form) to conduct a trial or interrogate a suspect

to play an ancient Chinese ball game involving kicking a leather ball into a net, regarded as a precursor to modern soccer

An ancient Chinese game of kicking a ball made of leather, considered the early ancestor of modern soccer; also written as [[蹴鞠|蹴鞠|cu4 ju1]], [[踢鞠|踢鞠|ti1 ju1]], or [[阘鞠|闒鞠|ta4 ju1]]

An ancient Chinese ball-kicking game similar to modern soccer, popular from the Han through Song dynasties.

(variant form) ancient Chinese ball game and an early ancestor of modern soccer

to rear or nurture children

(literary) young boy; little child

to bring up or rear children; to nurture and provide for

to bend to a task and strive to the utmost; to work with total devotion

to devote oneself entirely to a cause with the utmost effort until the very end of one's life

(idiom) to work with total devotion and spare no effort until one's dying day; to spare no effort in the service of one's country or a cause until the day one dies; literally to bend to the task until worn out and only stop at death

(variant form) the theatrical world or show business