idiom > make an obeisance by cupping one hand in the other before chest take orders from
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Hand over orders
  Explanation: Hand over: her hands and encircle the chest to show respect. Humbly listen to each other's command, there is no resistance.
  Source: "History of the Ming Chuan Chen nine domains": "Bianchen fear of interest, hand over the orders, caused by the collusion between the escorts are Fanren that today."
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  词 目 拱手听命
  发 音 gǒng shǒu tīng mìng
  释 义 拱手:双手合抱在胸前,以示敬意。恭顺地听从对方的命令,毫无反抗。
  出 处 《明史·陈九畴传》:“边臣怵利害,拱手听命,致内属番人勾连接引,以至于今。”明·无名氏《杨家将演义》第二十四回:“臣有一计,可使萧太后拱手听命。”
成语词典
  成语名称
  拱手听命
  汉语拼音
  gǒng shǒu tīng mìng
  成语释义
  拱手:双手合抱在胸前,以示敬意。恭顺地听从对方的命令,毫无反抗。
  成语出处
  《明史·陈九畴传》:“边臣怵利害,拱手听命,致内属番人勾连接引,以至于今。”
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