肘腋
zhǒu yè
Pinyin

Definition

肘腋
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zhǒu yè
  1. lit. armpit
  2. elbow and armpit
  3. fig. right up close (to a disaster)
  4. in one's backyard
  5. on one's doorstep

Character Decomposition

Related Words (13)

肘子
zhǒu zi
  1. 1 pork shoulder
  2. 2 (coll.) elbow
手肘
shǒu zhǒu
  1. 1 elbow
捉襟见肘
zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒu
  1. 1 lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom)
  2. 2 strapped for cash
  3. 3 unable to make ends meet
胳膊肘
gē bo zhǒu
  1. 1 elbow
腋下
yè xià
  1. 1 underarm
  2. 2 armpit
腋毛
yè máo
  1. 1 armpit hair
腋窝
yè wō
  1. 1 armpit
掣肘
chè zhǒu
  1. 1 (lit.) to hold sb by the elbow
  2. 2 (fig.) to hold back
  3. 3 to impede
  4. 4 to handicap
肘
zhǒu
  1. 1 elbow
  2. 2 pork shoulder
腋
yè
  1. 1 armpit
  2. 2 (biology) axilla
  3. 3 (botany) axil
  4. 4 Taiwan pr. [yì]
腋臭
yè chòu
  1. 1 body odor
  2. 2 bromhidrosis
  3. 3 armpit odor
  4. 4 underarm stink
  5. 5 also called 狐臭[hú chòu]
护肘
hù zhǒu
  1. 1 elbow pad
  2. 2 elbow support
集腋成裘
jí yè chéng qiú
  1. 1 many hairs make a fur coat (idiom); many small contributions add up to sth big
  2. 2 many a mickle makes a muckle

Idioms (4)

捉襟见肘
zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒu
  1. 1 lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom)
  2. 2 strapped for cash
  3. 3 unable to make ends meet
胳膊肘朝外拐
gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi
  1. 1 the elbow turns the wrong way
  2. 2 to favor an outsider instead of someone on one's own side (idiom)
变生肘腋
biàn shēng zhǒu yè
  1. 1 lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep
  2. 2 trouble or danger in one's own backyard
集腋成裘
jí yè chéng qiú
  1. 1 many hairs make a fur coat (idiom); many small contributions add up to sth big
  2. 2 many a mickle makes a muckle

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