Some people say that "bow" is not standardized because "bow" is not a verb-object structure, and there is no "bow" in ancient Chinese. what do you think?

Bowing is a verb-object structure. In ancient Chinese, bow means bending, and bow means body, so it is a verb-object structure, but the word bow itself has several meanings.

Bowing seems really irregular.

meaning

1. Be quiet, bow your head, bend or bend your knees to show respect, submission or shame.

2. Be careful.

3. Bend down and salute.

source

1, respectful and cautious. "Book of Rites": "Hold Gui, get started, bow down, if you are afraid of losing it." "A biography of Han Shen Feng": "It is a gentleman to bow down and walk in the right place." Yan Shigu's Note: "Bow and respect your appearance." Tang Hanyu's "Farewell to Hengshan Temple, inscribed this poem in the gatehouse": "The temple makes the old man know God, and he respectfully bows." Hou Qing Yu Fang's "Quasi-four cases of changing the yuan to recover the official titles such as Yang Lian, and abandoning the official to thank the courtiers": "This ancestor is a scholar, and * * * helps the famous religion; It is also the meaning of courtiers and courtiers, seeking survival. " Simonov, Red Candle: "But even at this moment, the old woman didn't speak. She just raised her eyes, glanced at the people standing with their hats off and bowed deeply to them very solemnly. "

2. Bend over. During the Southern Dynasties, Shen Liang made an appointment with Song Shubiao: "I am far from being ashamed of Dong Nan, but I am close to Xie Qian. It is a rhetorical device to use a person to describe a grand ceremony, look at the past and sweat. " Song Kong Wuzhong's poem "Guabu Shades the Wind": "Yesterday, incense was burned to pay homage to the Virgin, and the castle peak bow was like a crossbow." Qing Pu Songling's Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio: "When I was in a hurry, GREAT GHOST bowed into it and suddenly stood in front of the couch, almost standing with Liang Qi." Zhu Ziqing's footprint in Wenzhou No.2 Middle School: "Grasping the grass, climbing the rocks, leaning down carefully, bowing over a stone dome door, and reaching the pool."

3. Bend down and salute. Jin Death Debate: "Hold a whip bow to emphasize the power." Chapter 6 of the History of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty: "Zhou Hu Peiyu wants to bow and salute." The 17th time of Biography of Heroes of Children: "Say it out, and then bow to the girl hand in hand." Act II of Laoshe Teahouse: "What's the matter? It's been several years since the Republic of China, so why are you still paying tribute? Won't you bow? "

4. Save the words of "do your best". In the Qing Dynasty, Li Zai wrote a poem "Far to the Ancestor of Yan Valley": "Bowing down is a loss for Zhuge, and finally it will be reported to Helan." In the poem "Zhuge Wuhou Temple" by Sun Hua in Qing Dynasty, he wrote: "Entrust me to find the previous Covenant and swear to be the bow of danger." See "Do your best".