to bow respectfully with clasped hands; to beg humbly
打拱作揖打拱作揖da3 gong3 zuo4 yi1
to bow respectfully with clasped hands; to beg humbly
开门揖盗開門揖盜kai1 men2 yi1 dao4
leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand
罗圈儿揖羅圈兒揖luo2 quan1 er5 yi1
to bow around with hands joined (to people on all sides)
张揖張揖zhang1 yi1
Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓|稚让, named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅|广雅 and several lost works