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拦腰

/ lányāo /
Strokes

Definition

(hitting) squarely in the middle/(slicing) across the middle/to hold by the waist

Example

As an Adverb

(hold) by the waist; (cut across) in the middle

1
Hǎo
好几
shù
大树
bèi
lóngjuǎnfēng
龙卷风
lányāo
拦腰
chuī
duàn
  

Several big trees were snapped in halves in the tornado strike.

2
Lányāo
拦腰
jiéduàn
截断
大河
  
,
xiūjiàn
修建
shuǐ
水坝
  

The river was blocked with a dam built in the middle.

3
Lányāo
拦腰
bào
zhù

seize sb by the waist; seize sb round the middle