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懒腰

懶腰
lǎnyāo
noun #37,349

Meanings

  1. 1 a stretch (of one's body, especially after waking or sitting too long)

Examples

他打了个懒腰，从椅子上站起来。
Tā dǎ le ge lǎnyāo, cóng yǐzi shàng zhàn qǐlái.
He had a good stretch and got up from the chair.
猫懒洋洋地伸了个懒腰。
Māo lǎnyángyáng de shēn le ge lǎnyāo.
The cat lazily stretched itself.

Tips

grammar
懒腰 almost never appears alone — it's locked in the verb-object collocations 伸懒腰 (shēn lǎnyāo) or 打懒腰 (dǎ lǎnyāo), both meaning 'to stretch'. Literally 'a lazy waist': the act of arching your back like a sleepy cat.

Stroke Order

懒 lǎn
腰 yāo