腰 waist / lower back / pocket / middle / loins 腰 间 yāo jiān waist 腰 部 yāo bù waist / small of the back 腰 肢 yāo zhī waist 腰 际 yāo jì waist / hips 腰 杆 子 yāo gǎn zi waist / small of the back / (fig.) backing 腰 胯 yāo kuà hips / waist 腰 身 yāo shēn waist / waistline 佩 带 pèi dài to wear (as accessories) / carry at the waist 腰 包 yāo bāo waist purse (old) / (fig.) purse / pocket / waist pack / fanny pack / bum bag 三 围 sān wéi BWH, abbr. for a woman's three measurements, namely: bust 胸圍|胸围[xiong1 wei2], waist 腰圍|腰围[yao1 wei2] and hip 臀圍|臀围[tun2 wei2] 腰 围 yāo wéi waist measurement / girth 拦 腰 lán yāo (hitting) squarely in the middle / (slicing) across the middle / to hold by the waist 山 腰 shān yāo halfway up a mountain / lit. waist of mountain 细 腰 xì yāo slender waist / fig. pretty woman / mortise and tenon joint on a coffin 折 腰 zhé yāo to bend at the waist / to bow / (fig.) to bow to / to submit 扭 腰 niǔ yāo to sway one's hips / to twist one's waist 腰 斩 yāo zhǎn to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment) / to cut sth in half / to reduce sth by a dramatic margin / to terminate / to cut short 腰 板 yāo bǎn waist and back / physique 赤 膊 chì bó bare to the waist 腰 鼓 yāo gǔ waist drum / waist-drum dance (Han ethnic group folk dance) 水 蛇 腰 shuǐ shé yāo slender and supple waist / lithe body / feminine pose 绖 hempen band worn on the head or waist by a mourner 腰 金 衣 紫 yāo jīn yī zǐ golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom) / in official position 虎 背 熊 腰 hǔ bèi xióng yāo back of a tiger and waist of a bear / tough and stocky build 屈 体 qū tǐ to bend at the waist / (fig.) to bow to / pike position (diving) 弓 腰 gōng yāo to bow / to bend at the waist 弓 身 gōng shēn to bend the body at the waist / to bow 熊 腰 虎 背 xióng yāo hǔ bèi waist of a bear and back of a tiger / tough and stocky build 羯 鼓 jié gǔ double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist 脇 variant of 脅|胁 / side of the human body, from the armpit to the waist / coerce / force 袒 缚 tǎn fù to surrender after baring oneself to the waist and tying one's hands behind 袒 膊 tǎn bó to strip to the waist / to be bare to the waist 腰 部 系 带 waist belt / pelvic band 番 刀 fān dāo type of machete used by Taiwan aborigines, worn at the waist in an open-sided scabbard 蚂 蚁 腰 mǎ yǐ yāo (coll.) tiny waist 裤 腰 kù yāo waist of trousers / waistband 拔 根 汗 毛 比 腰 粗 bá gēn hàn máo bǐ yāo cū lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom) / fig. A is far richer (or more powerful) than B / (used in a pattern such as A拔根汗毛比B的腰粗[A ba2 gen1 han4 mao2 bi3 B de5 yao1 cu1])
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