1. tall and strong2. burly3. beefy
1. to pay out of one's own pocket2. to dig into one's pocket
1. back of a tiger and waist of a bear2. tough and stocky build
为五斗米折腰 為五斗米折腰 wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhé yāo 1. (allusion to Tao Qian 陶潜[táo qián], who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate)2. (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary
1. to back sb up2. to support (from the rear)
1. to straighten one's back2. to arch one's back
1. wide belt2. sash3. (packaging) paper sash around a book or other product
1. dimples of Venus2. back dimples
1. (lit.) to cry from hunger (from Taiwanese 哭枵, Tai-lo pr. [khàu-iau])2. (Tw) (slang) to whine; shut the hell up!; fuck!; damn!
(bird species of China) striated swallow (Cecropis striolata)
excess fat on the waist; love handles
1. (coll.) to pace around nervously2. to speak indirectly3. to beat about the bush
(bird species of China) red-rumped swallow (Cecropis daurica)
(bird species of China) white-rumped munia (Lonchura striata)
(bird species of China) Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata)
(bird species of China) white-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
(bird species of China) Aleutian tern (Onychoprion aleuticus)
(bird species of China) green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
(bird species of China) white-rumped snowfinch (Onychostruthus taczanowskii)
(bird species of China) white-rumped shama (Copsychus malabaricus)
(bird species of China) red-mantled rosefinch (Carpodacus rhodochlamys)
(bird species of China) Pallas's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus)
(bird species of China) Baird's sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
(bird species of China) house swift (Apus nipalensis)
淡黄腰柳莺 淡黃腰柳鶯 dàn huáng yāo liǔ yīng (bird species of China) lemon-rumped warbler (Phylloscopus chloronotus)
白腰朱顶雀 白腰朱頂雀 bái yāo zhū dǐng què (bird species of China) common redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
黄腰太阳鸟 黃腰太陽鳥 huáng yāo tài yáng niǎo (bird species of China) crimson sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja)
黄腰响蜜䴕 黃腰響蜜鴷 huáng yāo xiǎng mì liè (bird species of China) yellow-rumped honeyguide (Indicator xanthonotus)
(bird species of China) Leach's storm petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous)
腰椎间盘突出 腰椎間盤突出 yāo zhuī jiān pán tū chū lumbar disc herniation
蓝腰短尾鹦鹉 藍腰短尾鸚鵡 lán yāo duǎn wěi yīng wǔ (bird species of China) blue-rumped parrot (Psittinus cyanurus)
拔根汗毛比腰粗 bá gēn hàn máo bǐ yāo cū 1. lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom)2. fig. A is far richer (or more powerful) than B3. (used in a pattern such as A拔根汗毛比B的腰粗[bá gēn hàn máo bǐ de yāo cū])
站着说话不腰疼 站著說話不腰疼 zhàn zhe shuō huà bù yāo téng (saying) it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter; (fig.) to be an armchair expert; to blabber on
(Tw) (publishing) belly band (paper sash around a book, outside the dust jacket)