众星拱辰
zhòng​xīng​gǒng​chén

to cluster around a leader

  • created reference approved 众星拱辰/眾星拱辰 → 北辰 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    众星拱辰 / 眾星拱辰 zhòng​xīng​gǒng​chén

    北辰 běi​chén

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 众星拱辰/眾星拱辰 · zhòng​xīng​gǒng​chén · to cluster around a leader — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    众星拱辰 / 眾星拱辰

    zhòng​xīng​gǒng​chén

    to cluster around a leader

    To view someone as a core figure or to group around a revered leader; literally describes all the stars revolving around the North Star [[北辰|北辰|bei3 chen2]]

    众 (literal) → 众/眾 · zhòng · many 星 (literal) → 星 · xīng · star 拱 (literal) → 拱 · gǒng · to surround 辰 (literal) → 辰 · chén · celestial bodies

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense