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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	肘子	肘子	zhǒu zi	zhou3 zi5	pork shoulder; (coll.) elbow
2	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
3	掣肘	掣肘	chè zhǒu	che4 zhou3	(lit.) to hold sb by the elbow; (fig.) to hold back; to impede; to handicap
4	东坡肘子	東坡肘子	dōng pō zhǒu zi	Dong1 po1 zhou3 zi5	Dongpo pork shoulder, traditional dish said to have been created by Northern Song dynasty writer Su Dongpo 苏东坡
5	胳臂肘儿	胳臂肘兒	gē bei zhǒu r	ge1 bei5 zhou3 r5	elbow
6	胳膊肘	胳膊肘	gē bo zhǒu	ge1 bo5 zhou3	elbow
7	胳膊肘朝外拐	胳膊肘朝外拐	gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi	ge1 bo5 zhou3 chao2 wai4 guai3	the elbow turns the wrong way; to favor an outsider instead of someone on one's own side (idiom)
8	胳膊肘子	胳膊肘子	gē bo zhǒu zi	ge1 bo5 zhou3 zi5	see 胳膊肘
9	护肘	護肘	hù zhǒu	hu4 zhou3	elbow pad; elbow support
10	人多掣肘	人多掣肘	rén duō chè zhǒu	ren2 duo1 che4 zhou3	more hands, less speed (idiom)
11	实肘	實肘	shí zhǒu	shi2 zhou3	full arm (method of painting)
12	手肘	手肘	shǒu zhǒu	shou3 zhou3	elbow
13	踵决肘见	踵決肘見	zhǒng jué zhǒu xiàn	zhong3 jue2 zhou3 xian4	tattered dress (idiom)
14	肘	肘	zhǒu	zhou3	elbow; pork shoulder
15	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
16	捉襟见肘	捉襟見肘	zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒu	zhuo1 jin1 jian4 zhou3	lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom); strapped for cash; unable to make ends meet