插腰
chā yāo
Pinyin
Definition
插腰
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- to put one's hands on one's hips
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to insert
- 2 stick in
- 3 pierce
- 4 to take part in
- 5 to interfere
- 6 to interpose
- 1 waist
- 2 lower back
- 3 pocket
- 4 middle
- 5 loins
- 1 belt
- 1 lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom)
- 2 fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
- 1 to stoop
Idioms (9)
两肋插刀
- 1 lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom)
- 2 fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
插科打诨
- 1 to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest
- 2 buffoonery
插翅难飞
- 1 lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape
无心插柳
- 1 (idiom) (of a good outcome) unanticipated
- 2 serendipitous
- 3 fortuitous
站着说话不腰疼
- 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