1 waist

2 lower back

3 pocket

4 middle

5 loins

1 belt

1 to put one's hands on one's hips

2 also written 插腰[chā yāo]

1 circular segment

1 catapult

2 slingshot

1 lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)

2 fig. to display ambidexterity

3 to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession

4 to use both feet equally (football)

1 lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions

2 overly fearful

1 it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter (idiom)

2 to be an armchair expert

3 to blabber on

1 lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money

2 extremely wealthy

3 loaded

1 golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom); in official position