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- lapel
- overlap of Chinese gown
- fig. bosom (the seat of emotions)
- to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom
Trad. 連襟
- husbands of sisters
- brothers-in-law
- extremely close (of a relationship)
Trad. 襟懷坦白
- open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything
- ingenuous
- openhearted
- unselfish
- magnanimous
- broad-minded
Trad. 捉襟見肘
- lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom)
- strapped for cash
- unable to make ends meet
- to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass
