16 results for *肘*
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elbow; pork shoulder
full arm (method of painting)
elbow pad; elbow support
to hold sb back by the elbow; to impede; to hinder
to strike with the elbow; to elbow
pork shoulder; (coll.) elbow
lit. armpit; elbow and armpit; fig. right up close (to a disaster); in one's backyard; on one's doorstep
elbow
Dongpo pork shoulder, traditional dish said to have been created by Northern Song dynasty writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡
lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep; trouble or danger in one's own backyard
lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom); strapped for cash; unable to make ends meet
see 胳膊肘[ge1 bo5 zhou3]
elbow
see 胳膊肘朝外拐[ge1 bo5 zhou3 chao2 wai4 guai3]
lit. the elbow turns outward (idiom); fig. to side with outsiders rather than one's own people