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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	变生肘腋	變生肘腋	biàn shēng zhǒu yè	bian4 sheng1 zhou3 ye4	lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep; trouble or danger in one's own backyard
2	集腋成裘	集腋成裘	jí yè chéng qiú	ji2 ye4 cheng2 qiu2	many hairs make a fur coat (idiom); many small contributions add up to sth big; many a mickle makes a muckle
3	腋	腋	yè	ye4	armpit; (biology) axilla; (botany) axil; Taiwan pr. [yi4]
4	腋臭	腋臭	yè chòu	ye4 chou4	body odor; bromhidrosis; armpit odor; underarm stink; also called 狐臭
5	腋毛	腋毛	yè máo	ye4 mao2	armpit hair
6	腋生	腋生	yè shēng	ye4 sheng1	axillary (botany); budding in the angle between branch and stem
7	腋窝	腋窩	yè wō	ye4 wo1	armpit
8	腋下	腋下	yè xià	ye4 xia4	underarm; armpit
9	腋下汗	腋下汗	yè xià hàn	ye4 xia4 han4	bromhidrosis; body odor
10	腋芽	腋芽	yè yá	ye4 ya2	axillary bud; bud growing from axil of plant
11	肘腋	肘腋	zhǒu yè	zhou3 ye4	lit. armpit; elbow and armpit; fig. right up close (to a disaster); in one's backyard; on one's doorstep