yāo
waist
lower back
pocket
middle
loins
yāo zhuī
lumbar vertebra (lower backbone)
shān yāo
halfway up a mountain
lit. waist of mountain
yāo bāo
waist purse (old)
(fig.) purse
pocket
waist pack
fanny pack
bum bag
yāo zhuī jiān pán tū chū
slipped disk
vertebral herniation
prolapsed disk
xì yāo
slender waist
fig. pretty woman
mortise and tenon joint on a coffin
lǎn yāo
a stretch (of one's body)
yāo bǎn
waist and back
fig. upright and still healthy
shēn lǎn yāo
to stretch oneself (on waking or when tired etc)
yāo chán wàn guàn
lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money
extremely wealthy
loaded
hǔ bèi xióng yāo
back of a tiger and waist of a bear
tough and stocky build
diǎn tóu hā yāo
to nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping
unctuous fawning
wān yāo tuó bèi
slouch
stoop
poor posture
gōng yāo
to bow
to bend at the waist
bǎng dà yāo yuán
tall and strong
burly
beefy
dā yāo
harness pad (on draught animal)
xióng yāo hǔ bèi
waist of a bear and back of a tiger
tough and stocky build
yāo jīn yī zǐ
golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom); in official position
zhuàn yāo zi
(coll.) to pace around nervously
to speak indirectly
to beat about the bush
zhàng yāo
to back sb up
to support (from the rear)
lán yāo
(hitting) squarely in the middle
(slicing) across the middle
to hold by the waist
bān yāo yàn
(bird species of China) striated swallow (Cecropis striolata)
shuǐ shé yāo
slender and supple waist
lithe body
feminine pose
chā yāo
to put one's hands on one's hips
tǐng yāo
to straighten one's back
to arch one's back
niǔ yāo
to sway one's hips
to twist one's waist
xiǎo bái yāo yǔ yàn
(bird species of China) house swift (Apus nipalensis)
chā yāo
to put one's hands on one's hips
also written 插腰[cha1 yao1]
hēi yāo bīn yù
(bird species of China) Baird's sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
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