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眾星捧月

简众星捧月 · 繁眾星捧月

Mandarin · pinyin zhòng xīng pěng yuè

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

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星: xīng · a star, planet; any point of light; 25th lunar mansion, determinative star α Hydrae (Alphard)
捧: pěng · hold up in two hands
月: yuè · moon; month; Kangxi radical 74
众: zhòng · multitude, crowd; masses, public

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4–1–3–4 · zhong4 xing1 peng3 yue4

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