束腰
shù yāo
Pinyin

Definition

束腰
 - 
shù yāo
  1. girdle

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jié shù
  1. 1 termination
  2. 2 to finish
  3. 3 to end
  4. 4 to conclude
  5. 5 to close
yāo
  1. 1 waist
  2. 2 lower back
  3. 3 pocket
  4. 4 middle
  5. 5 loins
wān yāo
  1. 1 to stoop
lǎn yāo
  1. 1 a stretch (of one's body)
jū shù
  1. 1 to restrict
  2. 2 to restrain
  3. 3 constrained
  4. 4 awkward
  5. 5 ill at ease
  6. 6 uncomfortable
  7. 7 reticent

Idioms (8)

束手待毙
shù shǒu dài bì
  1. 1 to wait helplessly for death (idiom)
  2. 2 to resign oneself to extinction
束手无策
shù shǒu wú cè
  1. 1 lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
案兵束甲
àn bīng shù jiǎ
  1. 1 to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom); to relax from fighting
无拘无束
wú jū wú shù
  1. 1 free and unconstrained (idiom); unfettered
  2. 2 unbuttoned
  3. 3 without care or worries
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