肋
lèi
Pinyin

Definition

肋
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lèi
  1. rib
  2. Taiwan pr. [lè]

Character Decomposition

Compounds (1)

筋
jīn
  1. 1 muscle
  2. 2 tendon
  3. 3 veins visible under the skin
  4. 4 sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable)

Related Words (6)

肋骨
lèi gǔ
  1. 1 rib
鸡肋
jī lèi
  1. 1 chicken ribs
  2. 2 sth of little value or interest
  3. 3 sth of dubious worth that one is reluctant to give up
  4. 4 to be physically weak
两肋插刀
liǎng lèi chā dāo
  1. 1 lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
软肋
ruǎn lèi
  1. 1 rib cartilage
  2. 2 (fig.) weak spot
  3. 3 soft underbelly
肋
lèi
  1. 1 rib
  2. 2 Taiwan pr. [lè]

Idioms (1)

两肋插刀
liǎng lèi chā dāo
  1. 1 lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it

Sample Sentences

你这家伙！说什么会在好朋友需要帮助的时候，两肋插刀，我看你是背后捅刀吧。
nǐ zhè jiāhuo ！shuō shénme huì zài hǎopéngyou xūyào bāngzhù de shíhou ，liǎnglèichādāo ，wǒ kàn nǐ shì bèihòu tǒngdāo ba 。
You son of a gun! You're all talk about how you'll do all you can for a friend in need and that you'd even take a bullet for them. It seems more like you'd be the one stabbing them in the back.
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你看你一个电话我就来，我就是那种为兄弟两肋插刀的人。本来打算组队打Dota的……
nǐ kàn nǐ yī gè diànhuà wǒ jiù lái ，wǒ jiùshì nàzhǒng wèi xiōngdì liǎnglèichādāo de rén 。běnlái dǎsuàn zǔduì dǎ Dota de ……
See, I came as soon as you called. I am exactly the sort of friend to sacrifice everything for my brother. Originally, I had planned to organize a team to play DOTA.....
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啊哟，怎么那么冲动啊。又不关他的事！不过，现在像他这么讲义气，肯为朋友两肋插刀的人可真不多了。好人不好做啊。
ayo ，zěnme nàme chōngdòng a 。yòu bù guān tā de shì ！bùguò ，xiànzài xiàng tā zhème jiǎng yìqi ，kěn wèi péngyou liǎnglèichādāo de rén kě zhēn bù duō le 。hǎorén bù hǎo zuò a 。
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