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- lever arm (i.e. perpendicular distance from the fulcrum to the line of force)
Trad. 獵戶臂
- Orion spiral arm or local spur of our galaxy (containing our solar system)
Trad. 長臂猿
- gibbon
- Hylobatidae (gibbon and lesser ape family)
- as the arm moves the finger (idiom)
- freely and effortlessly
- to have perfect command of
- to miss sb by a narrow chance
- to miss an opportunity
- to miss narrowly
- to let a great opportunity slip
Trad. 螳臂擋車
- see 螳臂當車|螳臂当车[tang2 bi4 dang1 che1]
Trad. 螳臂當車
- lit. a mantis trying to stop a chariot (idiom)
- fig. to overrate oneself and attempt sth impossible
- (idiom) to issue a call for action; to raise one's hand and issue a rousing call
- lit. to push up one's sleeves and bare one's fists
- to be eager to get started
Trad. 三頭六臂
- lit. (having) three heads and six arms (idiom)
- fig. superhuman abilities; exceptional capability
Trad. 黑冠長臂猿
- black crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus)
- to lend a helping hand (idiom)