手腕 | shǒu wàn | wrist; trickery; finesse; ability; skill | |
大腕 | dà wàn | star; big shot; celebrity; leading actor; authority (slang) | |
扼腕 | è wàn | to wring one's hands (literally wring one's wrists) | |
铁腕 | tiě wàn | iron fist (of the state) | |
脚腕 | jiǎo wàn | ankle |
1 | He could barely operate his wrist watch. | |
2 | If this occurs a patient can have life-long problems with arthritis of the wrist. | |
3 | A functioning prototype of the wristband technology exists, but it's still too bulky. | |
4 | Just hours afterward, another employee leapt to his death, and one more was rushed to the hospital with slashed wrists. | |
5 | As a fossil hunter, Shubin distinguished himself by leading an expedition to the Arctic in 2004 which uncovered the remains of a fish with a wrist, a creature with part fin, part limb. |