臂 bì
noun
arm
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '臂'; Guoyu '臂' n; Unihan '臂')
Contained in
- 唱臂 tone-arm (tracking arm of gramophone)
- 人马臂(人馬臂) Sagittarius spiral arm (of our galaxy)
- 臂膀 an arm
- 臂钏(臂釧) an armlet
- 右臂 right arm
- 三头六臂(三頭六臂) to have three heads and six arms; to possess remarkable abilities; a being of formidable powers
- 抱臂 to cross one's arms
- 猎户臂(獵戶臂) Orion spiral arm or local spur of our galaxy (containing our solar system)
- 胳臂箍儿(胳臂箍兒) armband
- 肩臂 arms
- 转矩臂(轉矩臂) torque arm
- 英仙臂 Perseus spiral arm (of our galaxy)
- 捋臂揎拳 to push up one's sleeves and bare one's fists; to be eager to get started
- 红臂章(紅臂章) (southern dialects) red armband
- 臂纱(臂紗) armband
- 黑冠长臂猿(黑冠長臂猿) black crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus)
- 振臂一呼 to issue a call for action; to raise one's hand and issue a rousing call
- 臂章 a shoulder emblem
- 重臂 actuator (arm of a lever); lever; actuating arm
- 双臂抱胸(雙臂抱胸) with arms crossed
- 缠臂金(纏臂金) an armlet
- 猿臂 arms like those of an ape — muscular, or long and dexterous
- 臂弯(臂彎) crook of the arm
- 力臂 lever arm (i.e. perpendicular distance from the fulcrum to the line of force)
- 巨臂鲸(巨臂鯨) humpback whale
- 交臂失之 to miss somebody by a narrow chance; to miss an opportunity
- 膀臂 upper arm; arm; reliable helper; right-hand man
- 如臂使指 as the arm moves the finger; freely and effortlessly; to have perfect command of
- 螳臂当车(螳臂當車) a mantis trying to stop a chariot; to overrate oneself and attempt something impossible
- 手臂 arm; helper
- 失之交臂 to miss narrowly; to let a great opportunity slip
- 交臂 linking arms; arm in arm ; to cup one's hands in respect ; to be very close ; to bind arms behind the back
- 交臂屈膝 to cup one's hands and kneel
- 臂膊 two arms ; an assistant
- 紾臂 to twist somebody's arm
- 悬臂(懸臂) cantilever
- 助一臂之力 to lend a helping hand
- 攘臂 to bare one's arms (in agitation)
- 前臂 forearm
- 旋臂 spiral arm
- 长臂猿(長臂猿) gibbon; Hylobatidae
- 胳臂 arm
- 胳臂肘儿(胳臂肘兒) elbow
- 双臂(雙臂) arms; both arms; two arms
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第十二回 Chapter 12 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 20
- 卷一百九十七 志第一百五十 兵十一 Volume 197 Treatises 150: Military 11 History of Song 宋史 — count: 12
- 第七十五回 Chapter 75 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 11
- 卷十九 趙二 Chapter 19: Zhao II Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 10
- 卷一百九十五 志第一百四十八 兵九 Volume 195 Treatises 148: Military 9 History of Song 宋史 — count: 9
- 卷三百〇二 列傳第一百九十 列女二 Volume 302 Biographies 190: Exemplary Women 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 7
- 有司 第十七 17. The servant clearing the way The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 7
- 卷一百四十八 志第一百〇一 儀衞六 Volume 148 Treatises 101: Ceremonial Guards 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 7
- 第三十七回 Chapter 37 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 6
- 第七十一回 Chapter 71 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 6
Collocations
- 奋臂 (奮臂) 奮臂大呼 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十八 人間訓 Chapter 18: The Human World — count: 22
- 臂大 (臂大) 奮臂大呼 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十八 人間訓 Chapter 18: The Human World — count: 10
- 左臂 (左臂) 羿左臂修而善射 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十九 脩務訓 Chapter 19: Cultivation of Effort — count: 8
- 馯臂 (馯臂) 馯臂字子弓 — Xunzi 荀子, 非相篇第五 Chapter 5: Do not Judge by Appearances — count: 5
- 使臂 (使臂) 則如胸之使臂 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重乙第八十一 Chapter 81: Weight II — count: 4
- 举臂 (舉臂) 然則舉臂勝事 — Guanzi 管子, 海王第七十二 Chapter 72: King of the Sea — count: 4
- 臂一 (臂一) 臂一 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 有司 第十七 17. The servant clearing the way — count: 3
- 四臂 (四臂) 四臂共匈俱前鄉 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七下之上 五行志 Volume 27d: Treatise on the Five Elements 4 — count: 3
- 两臂 (兩臂) 梯兩臂長三尺 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十五 雜守 Book 15 - Miscellaneous Measures in Defense — count: 2
- 臂入 (臂入) 莽解其臂入視之 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十九中 王莽傳 Volume 99b: Wang Mang 2 — count: 2