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肘腋

zhǒu yè

2-character word

What 肘腋 means

1. lit. armpit
2. elbow and armpit
3. fig. right up close (to a disaster)
4. in one's backyard
5. on one's doorstep

The characters in 肘腋

• 肘zhǒuelbow; pork shoulder
• 腋yè(bound form) armpit; axilla; axil

Words containing 肘腋

• 变生肘腋biàn shēng zhǒu yèlit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep…

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