腋 | yè | armpit; axil (botany, angle between stem and branch) |
腋芽 | yè yá | axillary bud; bud growing from axil of plant |
腋下 | yè xià | underarm; armpit |
肘腋 | zhǒu yè | lit. armpit; elbow and armpit; fig. right up close (to a disaster); in one's backyard; on one's doorstep |
腋下汗 | yè xià hàn | bromhidrosis; body odor |
腋毛 | yè máo | armpit hair |
腋生 | yè shēng | axillary (botany); budding in the angle between branch and stem |
腋窝 | yè wō | armpit |
腋臭 | yè chòu | body odor; bromhidrosis; armpit odor; underarm stink; also called 狐臭 |
变生肘腋 | biàn shēng zhǒu yè | lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep; trouble or danger in one's own backyard |
集腋成裘 | jí yè chéng qiú | many hairs make a fur coat (idiom); many small contributions add up to sth big; many a mickle makes a muckle |