铅笔腿

鉛筆腿

qiānbǐtuǐ

noun

Meanings

1 pencil legs
2 pencil-thin legs (beauty term)

Characters

Examples

她天生一双铅笔腿。

Tā tiānshēng yì shuāng qiānbǐ tuǐ.

She was born with naturally pencil-thin legs.

穿紧身裤最能显铅笔腿。

Chuān jǐnshēn kù zuì néng xiǎn qiānbǐ tuǐ.

Skinny pants best show off pencil legs.

Tips

memory

Named for the pencil's (铅笔) straight, uniformly thin profile. Belongs to a family of leg labels with 筷子腿 (chopstick legs), 漫画腿 (cartoon legs), and the contrasting 大象腿 (elephant legs).

Stroke Order

铅 qiān

笔 bǐ

腿 tuǐ