Usage of the character 臂
bì
臂
[臂]
- arm
shǒubì
手臂
[手臂]
- arm
- helper
chàngbì
唱臂
[唱臂]
- tone-arm (tracking arm of gramophone)
bìbǎng
臂膀
[臂膀]
- arm
yáobì
摇臂
[搖臂]
- rocker arm
jiāobì
交臂
[交臂]
- linking arms
- arm in arm
- very close
gēbei
胳臂
[胳臂]
- arm
- CL:條／条 (tiáo),隻／只 (zhī)
- also pr. (gēbì)
bìbó
臂膊
[臂膊]
- arm
shuāngbì
双臂
[雙臂]
- arms
- both arms
- two arms
zhòngbì
重臂
[重臂]
- actuator (arm of a lever)
- lever
- actuating arm
yuánbì
猿臂
[猿臂]
- arms like those of an ape — muscular, or long and dexterous
gōngbì
弓臂
[弓臂]
- (archery) bow limb
xuánbì
旋臂
[旋臂]
- spiral arm
xuánbì
悬臂
[懸臂]
- cantilever
bìwān
臂弯
[臂彎]
- crook of the arm
bìzhāng
臂章
[臂章]
- armband
- armlet
- shoulder emblem
bìshā
臂纱
[臂紗]
- armband
qiánbì
前臂
[前臂]
- forearm
shàngbì
上臂
[上臂]
- upper arm
lìbì
力臂
[力臂]
- lever arm (i.e. perpendicular distance from the fulcrum to the line of force)
bàobì
抱臂
[抱臂]
- to cross one's arms
bǎngbì
膀臂
[膀臂]
- upper arm
- arm
- reliable helper
- right-hand man
rǎngbì
攘臂
[攘臂]
- to bare one's arms (in agitation)
hóngbìzhāng
红臂章
[紅臂章]
- (southern dialects) red armband
rénmǎbì
人马臂
[人馬臂]
- Sagittarius spiral arm (of our galaxy)
chángbìyuán
长臂猿
[長臂猿]
- gibbon
- Hylobatidae (gibbon and lesser ape family)
yīngxiānbì
英仙臂
[英仙臂]
- Perseus spiral arm (of our galaxy)
zhuànjǔbì
转矩臂
[轉矩臂]
- torque arm
lièhùbì
猎户臂
[獵戶臂]
- Orion spiral arm or local spur of our galaxy (containing our solar system)
shīzhījiāobì
失之交臂
[失之交臂]
- to miss narrowly
- to let a great opportunity slip
gēbeigūr
胳臂箍儿
[胳臂箍兒]
- armband
zhènbìyīhū
振臂一呼
[振臂一呼]
- (idiom) to issue a call for action; to raise one's hand and issue a rousing call
jiāobìshīzhī
交臂失之
[交臂失之]
- to miss sb by a narrow chance
- to miss an opportunity
zuǒbǎngyòubì
左膀右臂
[左膀右臂]
- trusted assistant; key aide
gēbeizhǒur
胳臂肘儿
[胳臂肘兒]
- elbow
tángbìdāngchē
螳臂当车
[螳臂當車]
- lit. a mantis trying to stop a chariot (idiom)
- fig. to overrate oneself and attempt sth impossible
- also written 螳臂擋車／螳臂挡车 (tángbìdǎngchē)
shuāngbìbàoxiōng
双臂抱胸
[雙臂抱胸]
- with arms crossed
luōbìxuānquán
捋臂揎拳
[捋臂揎拳]
- lit. to push up one's sleeves and bare one's fists
- to be eager to get started
rúbìshǐzhǐ
如臂使指
[如臂使指]
- as the arm moves the finger (idiom)
- freely and effortlessly
- to have perfect command of
sāntóuliùbì
三头六臂
[三頭六臂]
- lit. to have three heads and six arms (idiom)
- fig. to possess remarkable abilities
- a being of formidable powers
hēiguānchángbìyuán
黑冠长臂猿
[黑冠長臂猿]
- black crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus)
zhùyībìzhīlì
助一臂之力
[助一臂之力]
- to lend a helping hand (idiom)