The word 呼朋引伴 is formed by combining two verb-object constructions: 呼朋 (call friends) and 引伴 (lead companions). The characters 呼 (call) and 引 (lead) denote actions, while 朋 (friends) and 伴 (companions) specify the objects of those actions, resulting in a compound phrase that literally means "to call friends and lead companions".