Chinese Word of the Day

肩膀
jiān bǎng

shoulder

Definitions

Chinese > English
肩膀	jiānbǎng
1. n. (anatomy) shoulder
拍拍某人的肩膀 - to tap somebody on the shoulder
2. n. (anatomy) shoulders (upper part of the back and the arms)
3. n. (figurative) dependence; reliance; support
站在巨人的肩膀上 - to stand on the shoulders of giants
Components
肩	jiān
1. shoulders
扛兩百斤麥子走十里山路不換肩 - Shoulder 100kg of wheat and walk 5km of mountain trail without swapping shoulder.
2. to shoulder; to undertake; to take on
3. to bear
膀	bǎng
1. upper arm; shoulder
2. wing
3. Only used in 膀胱
4. (chiefly Mandarin, colloquial) swollen; puffed
那nèi.個人臉都膀pāng 了。 - That person's face is swollen.
5. Only used in 吊膀子 (, 膀子吊)
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