jīn
襟 (jīn) is a Chinese word meaning “lapel; overlap of Chinese gown; fig. bosom (the seat of emotions)”.
Meanings
- 1lapel
- 2overlap of Chinese gown
- 3fig. bosom (the seat of emotions)
- 4to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom
Related words
胸襟lapel of jacket襟翼(aircraft) wing flap捉襟见肘lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom)衣襟the front piece(s) of a Chinese jacket连襟husbands of sisters对襟buttoned Chinese jacket开襟buttoned Chinese tunic开襟衫cardigan扼襟控咽to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass正襟危坐to sit upright and still (idiom)襟兄husband of wife's older sister襟副翼flaperon (aeronautics)