verbidiom
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)
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胳膊肘朝外拐 (gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi) means "the elbow turns the wrong way; to favor an outsider instead of someone on one's own side (idiom)" in Chinese.
胳膊肘朝外拐 is pronounced "gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi" in Mandarin Chinese. It is made up of 6 syllables.
胳膊肘朝外拐 is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists. It may be a specialized or advanced word.
胳膊肘朝外拐 is made up of the characters 胳, 膊, 肘, 朝, 外, 拐. Each character has its own meaning and can appear in other words.
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