xié

flank (the side of one's torso)

to coerce; to threaten; variant of 脅|胁[xie2]

flesh (⺼) + force at the sides (办) = flank; to coerce

办 originally depicted effort or force applied at the sides — here it presses against the body's flesh. To threaten someone is to squeeze their flanks, literally and figuratively.

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FleshSemantic
To exert forceSemantic

他受伤后,右一直很痛。

tā shòu shāng hòu,yòu xié yī zhí hěn tòng。

After he was injured, his right flank hurt the whole time.

那个人迫她交出所有的钱。

nà ge rén xié pò tā jiāo chū suǒ yǒu de qián。

That person coerced her into handing over all the money.

Words with 胁

骈胁

pián xié

fused ribs (physical deformity)

威胁

wēi xié

to threaten; to menace

斑胁姬鹛

bān xié jī méi

(bird species of China) Himalayan cutia (Cutia nipalensis)

斑胁田鸡

bān xié tián jī

(bird species of China) band-bellied crake (Zapornia paykullii)

潜在威胁

qián zài wēi xié

potential threat

灰胁噪鹛

huī xié zào méi

(bird species of China) grey-sided laughingthrush (Pterorhinus caerulatus)

红胁绣眼鸟

hóng xié xiù yǎn niǎo

(bird species of China) chestnut-flanked white-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus)

红胁蓝尾鸲

hóng xié lán wěi qú

(bird species of China) red-flanked bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus)

胸胁

xiōng xié

chest and hypochondrium

胁从犯

xié cóng fàn

accomplice under duress; coerced accomplice; induced accomplice

胁持

xié chí

to hold under duress

胁迫

xié pò

to coerce

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