to dislocate a joint; to suffer a dislocation

molar tooth; any of the flat teeth at the back of the mouth used for grinding food

(literary) set pattern; old rut; a stereotypical style or formula often used to describe unoriginal writing or artistic works

premolar tooth; the teeth located between the canine and molar teeth

Not to follow the beaten track; to avoid clichés and show originality in literature or art.

The socket or hollow groove in which a door pivot rotates, often made of wood at the top and stone at the bottom

(literary) household chores, such as fetching water and hulling rice; domestic work

A deciduous tree native to East Asia; its seeds have a waxy coating used to make candles, soap, and oil, and its leaves are used for making black dye and medicine

to handle all the household chores by oneself; to attend to domestic duties personally

A famous figure of the Spring and Autumn period who sacrificed his life to save the Orphan of Zhao; a retainer of Zhao Shuo who plotted with [[程婴|程嬰|cheng2 ying1]] to protect the Zhao family heir from the villain Tu'an Jia.

Premolar tooth; the teeth located between the canines and the molars, of which there are four in each jaw.

A pestle and mortar; tools used for pounding or grinding materials.

a deep friendship between people of different social statuses or classes; literally, the friendship between a pestle and a mortar

friendship between people of different social status or wealth

A type of joint where a ball-like surface of one bone fits into a cup-like depression of another, as seen in the shoulder or hip

To be deprived of one's wife; to be widowed. This literary expression comes from a story about a dream of cooking in a mortar ([[臼|臼|jiu4]]), which, because it lacked a pot, sounded like having no wife.

A literary idiom for the grief caused by the death of a wife; derived from an anecdote where cooking in a mortar (jiù) symbolized being without a pot (fǔ), a homophone for wife (fù) in certain dialects

a round stone container used for pounding rice, herbs, or garlic; typically has a deep hollow in the center

a stone mortar used with a pestle for hulling rice or grinding grain

a stereotypical or outdated pattern; a set of fixed and conventional styles or rules