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HSK 2.0 Level 6

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Definitions

  1. 1. arm

Words Containing 臂

旋臂
xuán bì

spiral arm

臂纱
bì shā

armband

人马臂
rén mǎ bì

Sagittarius spiral arm (of our galaxy)

红臂章
hóng bì zhāng

(southern dialects) red armband

交臂失之
jiāo bì shī zhī

to miss sb by a narrow chance

双臂
shuāng bì

arms

交臂
jiāo bì

linking arms

转矩臂
zhuàn jǔ bì

torque arm

左膀右臂
zuǒ bǎng yòu bì

trusted assistant; key aide

膀臂
bǎng bì

upper arm

失之交臂
shī zhī jiāo bì

to miss narrowly

攘臂
rǎng bì

to bare one's arms (in agitation)

臂章
bì zhāng

armband

三头六臂
sān tóu liù bì

lit. to have three heads and six arms (idiom)

捋臂揎拳
luō bì xuān quán

lit. to push up one's sleeves and bare one's fists

黑冠长臂猿
hēi guān cháng bì yuán

black crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus)

力臂
lì bì

lever arm (i.e. perpendicular distance from the fulcrum to the line of force)

双臂抱胸
shuāng bì bào xiōng

with arms crossed

臂膊
bì bó

arm

臂膀
bì bǎng

arm

猿臂
yuán bì

arms like those of an ape — muscular, or long and dexterous

前臂
qián bì

forearm

英仙臂
yīng xiān bì

Perseus spiral arm (of our galaxy)

手臂
shǒu bì

arm

臂弯
bì wān

crook of the arm

摇臂
yáo bì

rocker arm

重臂
zhòng bì

actuator (arm of a lever)

螳臂当车
táng bì dāng chē

lit. a mantis trying to stop a chariot (idiom)

胳臂
gē bei

arm

唱臂
chàng bì

tone-arm (tracking arm of gramophone)

助一臂之力
zhù yī bì zhī lì

to lend a helping hand (idiom)

猎户臂
liè hù bì

Orion spiral arm or local spur of our galaxy (containing our solar system)

如臂使指
rú bì shǐ zhǐ

as the arm moves the finger (idiom)

悬臂
xuán bì

cantilever

长臂猿
cháng bì yuán

gibbon

振臂一呼
zhèn bì yī hū

(idiom) to issue a call for action; to raise one's hand and issue a rousing call

上臂
shàng bì

upper arm

抱臂
bào bì

to cross one's arms