| 1 push with the shoulders or head: |
| | 用肩膀把门拱开 push the door open with one's shoulder |
| | 一个小孩儿从人群里拱了出去。 A child wormed his way out of the crowd. |
| | 猪用嘴拱地。 Pigs dig earth with their snouts. |
| | 蚯蚓从地下拱出许多土来。 The earthworms wriggled their way out, pushing up a lot of earth. |