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沈腰
shěn​yāo

slender waist

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
沈腰 shěn​yāo
slender waist
(literary) A slender or wasting waist; describes a body that has become thin or weak due to illness or old age. This term refers to the story of the scholar 沈约 shěn​yuē who grew thin and whose belt became loose.
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