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颐指

yí zhǐ

2-character word Traditional 頤指

What 颐指 means

1. to order with the chin
2. to indicate what one wants by facial gesture

The characters in 颐指

• 颐yí(literary) chin; jaw; (literary) to foster; to nurture; to protect
• 指zhǐfinger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to

Words starting with 颐指

• 颐指气使yí zhǐ qì shǐlit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture…
• 颐指风使yí zhǐ fēng shǐlit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture…

Sounds the same

Read yí zhǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

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