长袖 (長袖)
cháng xiù
Pinyin
Definition
长袖 (長袖)
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- long sleeves
- long-sleeved shirt
Character Decomposition
Idioms (6)
两袖清风
- 1 lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom); having clean hands
- 2 uncorrupted
- 3 unsoiled by corrupt practices
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.
清风两袖
- 1 honest and upright (idiom)
袖手旁观
- 1 to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger