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- lit. armpit
- elbow and armpit
- fig. right up close (to a disaster)
- in one's backyard
- on one's doorstep
Trad. 變生肘腋
- lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep
- trouble or danger in one's own backyard
Trad. 捉襟見肘
- lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom)
- strapped for cash
- unable to make ends meet
Trad. 東坡肘子
- Dongpo pork shoulder, traditional dish said to have been created by Northern Song dynasty writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡
- see 胳膊肘朝外拐[ge1 bo5 zhou3 chao2 wai4 guai3]
- lit. the elbow turns outward (idiom)
- fig. to side with outsiders rather than one's own people