slender waist; fig. pretty woman; mortise and tenon joint on a coffin
trad. 細腰
Also written 細腰【xì yāo】
Characters in this word
2细
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thin or slender, finely particulate, thin and soft, fine, delicate, trifling, (of a sound) quiet, frugal
- Pinyin
- xì
- Traditional
- 細
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 14935 of 2500
腰
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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