37 results for *腰

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  1. the waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food); the waist of trousers or a skirt; (metonym) money pouch; pocket; (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)

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弯腰wān yāo

to stoop

下腰xià yāo

(gymnastics) to do a bridge; to do a crab

撑腰chēng yāo

to support; to brace

书腰shū yāo

(Tw) (publishing) belly band (paper sash around a book, outside the dust jacket)

仗腰zhàng yāo

to back sb up; to support (from the rear)

前腰qián yāo

(soccer) attacking midfield; attacking midfielder role

半腰bàn yāo

middle; halfway

叉腰chā yāo

to put one's hands on one's hips

后腰hòu yāo

lower back; (sports) defensive midfielder

哈腰hā yāo

to bend

围腰wéi yāo

apron

山腰shān yāo

the mid-slope of a mountain

弓腰gōng yāo

to bow; to bend at the waist

懒腰lǎn yāo

a stretch (of one's body)

扭腰niǔ yāo

to sway one's hips; to twist one's waist

折腰zhé yāo

to bend at the waist; to bow; (fig.) to bow to; to submit

拦腰lán yāo

(hitting) squarely in the middle; (slicing) across the middle; to hold by the waist

挺腰tǐng yāo

to straighten one's back; to arch one's back

插腰chā yāo

variant of 叉腰[cha1 yao1]

搭腰dā yāo

harness pad (on draft animal)

束腰shù yāo

girdle

毛腰máo yāo

(dialect) to bend over

猫腰máo yāo

to bend over; to stoop down; Taiwan pr. [mao1yao1]

纤腰xiān yāo

slender waistline

细腰xì yāo

slender waist; fig. pretty woman; mortise and tenon joint on a coffin

裤腰kù yāo

waist of trousers; waistband

靠腰kào yāo

(lit.) to cry from hunger (from Taiwanese 哭枵, Tai-lo pr. [khàu-iau]); (Tw) (slang) to whine; shut the hell up!; fuck!; damn!

伸懒腰shēn lǎn yāo

to stretch oneself (on waking or when tired etc)

半中腰bàn zhōng yāo

middle; halfway

半山腰bàn shān yāo

the mid-slope of a mountain

小蛮腰xiǎo mán yāo

slim feminine waist; willow waist (from the name of a Tang dynasty woman Xiao Man, famed for her slender waist)

水蛇腰shuǐ shé yāo

slender and supple waist; lithe body; feminine pose

蚂蚁腰mǎ yǐ yāo

(coll.) tiny waist

点头哈腰diǎn tóu hā yāo

to nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping; unctuous fawning

虎背熊腰hǔ bèi xióng yāo

back of a tiger and waist of a bear; tough and stocky build

为五斗米折腰wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhé yāo

(allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜[Tao2 Qian2], who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate); (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary