胳膊拧不过大腿

(idiom) the weak cannot overcome the strong

variant of 胳[ge1]

armpit

arm / CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2],雙|双[shuang1]

shoulder / upper arm

to pinch / wring

mistake / to twist

stubborn

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival)

surname Guo

to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too-

(experienced action marker)

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

thigh

leg / CL:條|条[tiao2]

hip bone / old variant of 腿[tui3]