xié​jiān

to shrug one's shoulders

  • created sense approved 胁肩/脅肩 · xié​jiān · to shrug one's shoulders — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    胁肩 / 脅肩

    xié​jiān

    to shrug one's shoulders

    to shrug the shoulders, often used to describe a cringing or fawning posture

    胁, 肩

    胁 (literal) → 胁/脅 · xié · to shrink 肩 (literal) → 肩 · jiān · shoulder

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense