Usage of the character 肘
zhǒu
肘
[肘]
- elbow
- pork shoulder
shízhǒu
实肘
[實肘]
- full arm (method of painting)
hùzhǒu
护肘
[護肘]
- elbow pad
- elbow support
zhǒuzi
肘子
[肘子]
- pork shoulder
- (coll.) elbow
shǒuzhǒu
手肘
[手肘]
- elbow
zhǒujī
肘击
[肘擊]
- to strike with the elbow; to elbow
zhǒuyè
肘腋
[肘腋]
- lit. armpit
- elbow and armpit
- fig. right up close (to a disaster)
- in one's backyard
- on one's doorstep
chèzhǒu
掣肘
[掣肘]
- to hold sb back by the elbow; to impede; to hinder
gēbozhǒu
胳膊肘
[胳膊肘]
- elbow
zhuōjīnjiànzhǒu
捉襟见肘
[捉襟見肘]
- lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom)
- strapped for cash
- unable to make ends meet
biànshēngzhǒuyè
变生肘腋
[變生肘腋]
- lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep
- trouble or danger in one's own backyard
gēbeizhǒur
胳臂肘儿
[胳臂肘兒]
- elbow
Dōngpōzhǒuzi
东坡肘子
[東坡肘子]
- Dongpo pork shoulder, traditional dish said to have been created by Northern Song dynasty writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡／苏东坡
gēbozhǒuzi
胳膊肘子
[胳膊肘子]
- see 胳膊肘 (gēbozhǒu)
gēbozhǒuwǎngwàiguǎi
胳膊肘往外拐
[胳膊肘往外拐]
- see 胳膊肘朝外拐 (gēbozhǒucháowàiguǎi)
gēbozhǒucháowàiguǎi
胳膊肘朝外拐
[胳膊肘朝外拐]
- lit. the elbow turns outward (idiom)
- fig. to side with outsiders rather than one's own people