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The character "腰" for "waist" is a phono-semantic compound formed by the semantic radical "肉", indicating a relation to the body or flesh, and the phonetic component "要", which provides its pronunciation. This character was created to specifically designate the waist area of the human torso, with its structure clearly linking the meaning to the physical form through the radical. Over time, while its primary reference has been to the anatomical waist, the term has also come to describe similar narrow or middle sections of objects, such as the waist of a garment or a geographical feature.
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腰疼得直不起来。
我的腰部需要按摩。
他每天锻炼腰腹力量。
她系了一条漂亮的腰带。
长时间坐着对腰不好。
医生建议他加强腰部保护。
登山时他扭伤了腰，只好休息。
那位舞蹈演员的腰身非常柔软灵活。