弯腰 (彎腰)
wān yāo
Pinyin

Definition

弯腰 (彎腰)
 - 
wān yāo
  1. to stoop

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

腰
yāo
  1. 1 waist
  2. 2 lower back
  3. 3 pocket
  4. 4 middle
  5. 5 loins
腰带
yāo dài
  1. 1 belt
弯腰
wān yāo
  1. 1 to stoop
懒腰
lǎn yāo
  1. 1 a stretch (of one's body)
束腰
shù yāo
  1. 1 girdle

Idioms (4)

站着说话不腰疼
zhàn zhe shuō huà bù yāo téng
  1. 1 it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter (idiom)
  2. 2 to be an armchair expert
  3. 3 to blabber on
腰缠万贯
yāo chán wàn guàn
  1. 1 lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money
  2. 2 extremely wealthy
  3. 3 loaded
腰金衣紫
yāo jīn yī zǐ
  1. 1 golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom); in official position
点头哈腰
diǎn tóu hā yāo
  1. 1 to nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping
  2. 2 unctuous fawning

Sample Sentences

这倒是。比如我刚才，就是弯腰捡了个东西，也不是什么很特殊的动作，但就觉得以前有过一模一样的瞬间。难道我以前在这里捡过一样的东西，自己忘了？
zhè dàoshì 。bǐrú wǒ gāngcái ，jiùshì wānyāo jiǎn le ge dōngxi ，yě bù shì shénme hěn tèshū de dòngzuò ，dàn jiù juéde yǐqián yǒu guò yīmúyīyàng de shùnjiān 。nándào wǒ yǐqián zài zhèlǐ jiǎn guò yíyàng de dōngxi ，zìjǐ wàng le ？
That's true. For example, I just bent over to pick up something. It wasn't any kind of special action, but I felt that in the past I had lived through exactly the same moment. It can't be that in the past I picked up something here and forgot it, can it?
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