(hitting) squarely in the middle; (slicing) across the middle; to hold by the waist
trad. 攔腰
Also written 攔腰【lán yāo】
Characters in this word
2拦
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to block sb's path, to obstruct, to flag down (a taxi)
- Pinyin
- lán
- Traditional
- 攔
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 12707 of 2500
腰
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
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)
- Pinyin
- yāo
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 7928 of 2500