腰子 yāozǐ
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yāozǐ
noun
kidney
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Old term for 肾脏 (Guoyu '腰子' 1) -
yāozǐ
noun
courage
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 胆量 (Guoyu '腰子' 2)
Contained in
- 转腰子(轉腰子) to pace around nervously; to speak indirectly; to beat about the bush
- 仗腰子 to help; to backup somebody
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第十六回 Chapter 16 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1