众星拱辰 zhòng xīng gǒng chén

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. all the stars revolve around Polaris 北辰[Bei3 chen2] (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure
  2. to group around a revered leader

CHARACTERS

众 zhòng
HSK 4
multitude, crowd; masses, public
星 xīng
HSK 1
a star, planet; any point of light
拱 gǒng fold hands on breast; bow, salute
辰 chén
HSK 6
early morning; 5th terrestrial branch