







across the middle
at the waist
The ferry hit us amidships.
He grabbed her around the middle.

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Open the tool →拦腰 (lán yāo) means “across the middle, at the waist”.
拦腰 is pronounced lán yāo in Mandarin Chinese.
“across the middle” is 拦腰 (lán yāo) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 拦腰, each with pinyin and an English translation.