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to clasp / to cup the hands / to hold up with both hands / to offer (esp. in cupped hands) / to praise / to flatter

to offer (tribute) / to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc) / to esteem / to revere / to believe in (a religion) / to wait upon / to accept orders (from superior)

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

to cheer on (originally esp. as paid stooge) / to root for sb / to sing sb's praises / to flatter

to flatter / to laud sb's accomplishments / adulation

lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure / to group around a revered leader / to revolve around sb

to make popular / to make famous

to win a championship / to come out top / to take the cup

to praise to the skies

to be eagerly sought after

to hold up with both hands

to praise sb in a way that does them harm (e.g. by causing them to become complacent)

lit. to hold up to the skies / fig. to praise lavishly

straight man (supporting role in comic dialogue 對口相聲|对口相声[dui4 kou3 xiang4 sheng1]) / to react with exasperation to the silliness of the funny man 逗哏[dou4 gen2]