抹胸
mò xiōng
Pinyin
Definition
抹胸
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- old feminine garment, covering chest and abdomen
Character Decomposition
Idioms (17)
心胸狭窄
- 1 narrow-minded (idiom); petty
- 2 ungenerous
抹不下脸
- 1 to be unable to keep a straight face (idiom)
拐弯抹角
- 1 lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)
- 2 fig. to speak in a roundabout way
- 3 to equivocate
- 4 to beat about the bush
捶胸顿足
- 1 to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (idiom)
昂首挺胸
- 1 head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits
- 2 in fine mettle (of animal)