Memory phrase for the character: 肘

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Left: body part 月/肉, right: skillful hand 寸

The body part, which a 'skillful hand' needs: The elbow.

肉	meat	and body parts
寸	skillful hand	Image of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 ts'wun = 3.72 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand".

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胳臂肘儿	gē bei zhǒur	elbow
变生肘腋	biàn shēng zhǒu yè	lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep; trouble or danger in one's own backyard
胳膊肘朝外拐	gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi	the elbow turns the wrong way; to favor an outsider instead of someone on one's own side (idiom)
胳膊肘朝外拐	gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi

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