肘 - zhǒu - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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肘

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

full arm (method of painting)

elbow

elbow pad; elbow support

(lit.) to hold sb by the elbow; (fig.) to hold back; to impede; to handicap

elbow

elbow

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

(lit.) pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom); strapped for cash; unable to make ends meet

the elbow turns the wrong way; to favor an outsider instead of someone on one's own side (idiom)

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