腋 - yè - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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腋

underarm; armpit

armpit hair

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

armpit

body odor; bromhidrosis; armpit odor; underarm stink; also called 狐臭

axillary bud; bud growing from axil of plant

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

(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

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