崇拜
chóngbài
to worship, to adore
Part of speech · verb
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 他从小就崇拜这位科学家。He has idolized this scientist since childhood.
- 古人崇拜太阳和月亮。The ancients worshipped the sun and the moon.
Collocations
崇拜偶像盲目崇拜个人崇拜崇拜英雄
Mnemonic
崇 chóng "to revere, exalt" + 拜 bài "to bow, worship": to exalt and bow to, i.e. to worship, to idolize. Same as the Korean word sung-bae (崇拜). Looking up to and venerating a god, idol or hero (崇拜偶像 idol worship, 个人崇拜 a cult of personality). It spans religious worship to blind following (盲目崇拜). It shares 崇 with 崇敬 (reverence), but 崇拜 stresses bowing and following. 拜 means "to bow, worship" (拜年, 礼拜); 崇 means "to exalt" (崇高, 推崇).
Related
崇敬敬仰偶像迷信
Quick check
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