(bound form) armpit; axilla; axil

lit. armpit; elbow and armpit; fig. right up close (to a disaster); in one's backyard; on one's doorstep

armpit hair

axillary (botany); budding in the angle between branch and stem

armpit

body odor; bromhidrosis; armpit odor; underarm stink; also called 狐臭[hu2 chou4]

axillary bud; bud growing from axil of plant

lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep; trouble or danger in one's own backyard

many hairs make a fur coat (idiom); many small contributions add up to sth big; many a mickle makes a muckle