"肘" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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(Bushou)
Strokes 6
Composition
Strokes 7
Structure
Decomp. 月寸
Prononciation
Mandarin zhǒu
Entry Methods
Pinyin zhou3
Kanji /
Cangjie
BDI
月木戈
Sijiao 7420.0
Wubi EFY
CNS 11643 1-4B3C
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+8098
GB2312 D6E2
BIG5 A879
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 zhǒu elbow / pork shoulder
Results beginning with 肘
 zhǒu zi pork shoulder / (coll.) elbow
 zhǒu yè lit. armpit / elbow and armpit / fig. right up close (to a disaster) / in one's backyard / on one's doorstep
  below-elbow amputation
  above-elbow amputation
Approximate Results for 肘
 shǒu zhǒu elbow
 chè zhǒu (lit.) to hold sb by the elbow / (fig.) to hold back / to impede / to handicap
 hù zhǒu elbow pad / elbow support
 shí zhǒu full arm (method of painting)
 gē bo zhǒu elbow
 zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒu lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom) / strapped for cash / unable to make ends meet
 biàn shēng zhǒu yè lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom) / a major coup happening on one's doorstep / trouble or danger in one's own backyard
 gē bo zhǒu zi see 胳膊肘[ge1 bo5 zhou3]
 Dōng pō zhǒu zi Dongpo pork shoulder, traditional dish said to have been created by Northern Song dynasty writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡
 gē bei zhǒu r elbow
 gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi lit. the elbow turns outward (idiom) / fig. to side with outsiders rather than one's own people
 gē bo zhǒu wǎng wài guǎi see 胳膊肘朝外拐[ge1 bo5 zhou3 chao2 wai4 guai3]
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