衣袖
yī xiù
Pinyin
Definition
衣袖
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- the sleeve of a garment
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
两袖清风
- 1 lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom); having clean hands
- 2 uncorrupted
- 3 unsoiled by corrupt practices
天衣无缝
- 1 lit. seamless heavenly clothes (idiom)
- 2 fig. flawless
宵衣旰食
- 1 to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom)
- 2 diligently attending to official matters
拂袖而去
- 1 to storm off in a huff (idiom)
断袖之癖
- 1 lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.