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leader
HSK 6
armband / sleeve badge
honest and upright (idiom)
pocket-sized / pocket (book etc)
HSK 6
long sleeves help one dance beautifully (idiom); money and power will help you in any occupation
to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
HSK 7-9
armband
spiritual leader (of a nation or church) / religious leader
little person / midget / dwarf
the sleeve of a garment
pocket book / paperback
homosexual / see 斷袖之癖|断袖之癖
cuff link
lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom); having clean hands / uncorrupted / unsoiled by corrupt practices
short sleeves / short-sleeved shirt
pocket stereo / walkman
to storm off in a huff (idiom)
long sleeves / long-sleeved shirt
spring-loaded arrow concealed in one's sleeve
sleeve cover
flowing sleeves (part of theatrical costume)
sleeve cover / outer sleeve
sleeve
lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
pocket dictionary
to roll up the sleeves
cuff
sleeve
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *袖* | 袖* | *袖
sleeve / to tuck inside one's sleeve
sleeve
armband (e.g. as part of uniform or to show status)
to push up one's sleeves
to swing one's sleeve (in anger)
erhua variant of 袖筒


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