lán​yāo

around the waist

拦腰 攔腰 lán​yāo
around the waist
to hold, grab, or hit someone squarely around the waist; around the middle
across the middle
cutting or breaking something across the middle or halfway through; to intercept something from the side unexpectedly
do the unexpected
to take someone unawares or do something unexpected midway through an action

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.060 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
1.14 per million

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