打拱作揖

1. • to bow respectfully with clasped hands
2. • to beg humbly

Character by character

• 打(dǎ)a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings
• 拱(gǒng)cup one's hands in salute
• 作(zuò)do
• 揖(yī)greet by raising clasped hands