胳膊 gē bo arm / CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2],雙|双[shuang1] syn 手臂 shǒu bì arm / helper syn 武装 武裝 wǔ zhuāng arms / equipment / to arm / military / armed (forces) syn 盘旋 盤旋 pán xuán to spiral / to circle / to go around / to hover / to orbit syn 螺旋 luó xuán spiral / helix / screw 比试 比試 bǐ shì to have a competition / to measure with one's hand or arm / to make a gesture of measuring syn 臂膀 bì bǎng arm syn 臂弯 臂彎 bì wān crook of the arm 膀子 bǎng zi upper arm / arm / wing syn 法网 法網 fǎ wǎng the net of justice / the long arm of the law syn 胳臂 gē bei arm / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] / also pr. [ge1 bi4] syn 螺纹 螺紋 luó wén spiral pattern / whorl of fingerprint / thread of screw syn 拉拉扯扯 lā lā chě chě to tug at / to pull at sb aggressively / to take sb's hand or arm in a too familiar way / (derog.) to hobnob / to consort syn 旋涡 旋渦 xuán wō spiral / whirlpool / eddy / vortex syn 搀扶 攙扶 chān fú to lend an arm to support sb syn 盘桓 盤桓 pán huán to pace / to linger / to stay over / to spiral / to hover syn 螺旋藻 luó xuán zǎo spiral algae / spirulina (dietary supplement) 上臂 shàng bì upper arm syn 鹦鹉螺 鸚鵡螺 yīng wǔ luó nautilus / ammonite (fossil spiral shell) 天网恢恢 天網恢恢 tiān wǎng huī huī lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law syn 合抱 hé bào to wrap one's arm around (used to describe the girth of a tree trunk) syn 动粗 動粗 dòng cū to use violence (against sb) / to strong-arm sb / to manhandle 摇臂 搖臂 yáo bì rocker arm 甩动 甩動 shuǎi dòng to shake / to fling one's arm / to lash / to swing 螺旋形 luó xuán xíng spiral 绕 遶 rào variant of 繞|绕[rao4], to rotate around / to spiral / to move around / to go round (an obstacle) / to by-pass / to make a detour syn 腕 wàn wrist / (squid, starfish etc) arm syn 臂 bì arm syn 掖 yè to support by the arm / to help / to promote / at the side / also pr. [yi4] syn 搀 攙 chān to take by the arm and assist / to mix / to blend / to dilute / to adulterate syn 挎 kuà to carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side) 螺 luó spiral shell / snail / conch syn 肱 gōng upper arm / arm syn 膊 bó shoulder / upper arm syn 膀臂 bǎng bì upper arm / arm / reliable helper / right-hand man syn 挟 挾 xié (bound form) to clasp under the arm / (bound form) to coerce / (bound form) to harbor (resentment etc) / Taiwan pr. [xia2] syn 螺距 luó jù pitch of spiral / pitch of screw 不即不离 不即不離 bù jí bù lí to be neither too familiar nor too distant / to keep sb at arm's length syn 推理之绊 推理之絆 tuī lǐ zhī bàn Spiral: 秤杆 秤桿 chèng gǎn the beam of a steelyard / a balance arm 螺线 螺線 luó xiàn spiral 力臂 lì bì lever arm (i.e. perpendicular distance from the fulcrum to the line of force) 螺旋体 螺旋體 luó xuán tǐ Spirochaetes, phylum of extremophile bacteria / spiral-shaped bacterium, e.g. causing syphilis 旋梯 xuán tī spiral stairs / winding stairs (gymnastic equipment) 来复线 來復線 lái fù xiàn rifling (spiral lines on inside of gun barrel imparting spin to the bullet) 强心针 強心針 qiáng xīn zhēn heart-strengthening shot / fig. a shot in the arm 掰腕子 bāi wàn zi arm wrestling 遶 rào variant of 繞|绕, to rotate around / to spiral / to move around / to go round (an obstacle) / to by-pass / to make a detour 曲肱而枕 qū gōng ér zhěn lit. to use one's bent arm as a pillow (idiom) / fig. content with simple things 如臂使指 rú bì shǐ zhǐ as the arm moves the finger (idiom) / freely and effortlessly / to have perfect command of syn 试验组 試驗組 shì yàn zǔ trial arm / study arm / arm 人马臂 人馬臂 rén mǎ bì Sagittarius spiral arm (of our galaxy) 猎户臂 獵戶臂 liè hù bì Orion spiral arm or local spur of our galaxy (containing our solar system) 英仙臂 yīng xiān bì Perseus spiral arm (of our galaxy) 交臂 jiāo bì linking arms / arm in arm / very close 唱臂 chàng bì tone-arm (tracking arm of gramophone) 重臂 zhòng bì actuator (arm of a lever) / lever / actuating arm 治疗组 zhì liáo zǔ intervention arm / treatment group / treatment arm 旋涡星系 旋渦星系 xuán wō xīng xì spiral galaxy 旋涡星云 旋渦星雲 xuán wō xīng yún spiral nebula 旋涡状 旋渦狀 xuán wō zhuàng spiral-shaped 棒旋星系 bàng xuán xīng xì barred spiral galaxy 准稳旋涡结构 準穩旋渦結構 zhǔn wěn xuán wō jié gòu quasi-stationary spiral structure QSSS (astrophysics) 盘梯 盤梯 pán tī spiral staircase 盘陀 盤陀 pán tuó twisted / spiral / uneven stones 蜗旋 蝸旋 wō xuán to spiral 螺旋曲面 luó xuán qū miàn spiral surface 螺髻 luó jì spiral coil (in hairdressing) 飞来飞去 飛來飛去 fēi lái fēi qù to fly about / to fly hither and thither / to flit / to swarm / to spiral 闭鞘姜 bì qiào jiāng spiral ginger 漩涡星系 漩渦星系 spiral galaxy 韝 gōu archer's arm guard 实肘 實肘 shí zhǒu full arm (method of painting) 刑网 刑網 xíng wǎng legal net / the long arm of the law 天网恢恢，疏而不失 天網恢恢，疏而不失 tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù shī lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law 徒手搏击 徒手搏擊 tú shǒu bó jī arm wrestling 甩手掌柜 甩手掌櫃 shuǎi shǒu zhǎng guì lit. arm-flinging shopkeeper / fig. sb who asks others to work but does nothing himself syn 肐膊 gē bó arm 肱三头肌 肱三頭肌 gōng sān tóu jī triceps brachii (back of the upper arm) 袒免 tǎn miǎn to bare one's left arm and take off one's cap as an expression of sorrow 诺格 諾格 nuò gé Northrop Grumman (aerospace arm of Boeing) 转矩臂 轉矩臂 zhuàn jǔ bì torque arm 难逃法网 難逃法網 nán táo fǎ wǎng It is hard to escape the dragnet of the law / the long arm of the law 花臂 huā bì tattoo-covered arm / tattoo sleeve 安慰剂治疗组 ān wèi jì zhì liáo zǔ placebo arm / placebo-assigned group / placebo-treated group 非正常交易 non-arm's length transaction 正常交易原则 正常交易原則 arm's length principle 正常交易 arm's-length transaction 随身武器 隨身武器 side arm 古董小武器 antique small arm 顺拐 順拐 shùn guǎi to swing the arm and leg on the same side of the body together while walking 天网恢恢，疏而不漏 天網恢恢，疏而不漏 tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law 掰手腕 bāi shǒu wàn arm wrestling 比腕力 bǐ wàn lì arm wrestling (Tw) 三角巾 sān jiǎo jīn sling (for a wounded arm) 臂膊 bì bó arm syn 百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医 百勝難慮敵，三折乃良醫 bǎi shèng nán lǜ dí , sān zhé nǎi liáng yī (a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡[Liu2 Yu3 xi1]) one gains very little insight into one's enemy from a hundred victories, but he who breaks his arm three times will be a good doctor / (fig.) one learns more from one's failures than from one's successes 㧟 擓 kuǎi (dialect) to scratch (an itch) / to carry on the arm / to scoop up / Taiwan pr. [kuai1] 臂力 bì lì arm strength 