slim
Chu waist slender, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ǔ y ā oxi ā nx ì, meaning to describe the beauty of the waist, curve exquisite. It's from Chu CE, Warring States strategy.
Idiom usage
She has a delicate waist and a light palm. Reminiscence poems by Du Mu in Tang Dynasty
The origin of Idioms
Liu Xiang of the Western Han Dynasty wrote in the Warring States strategy Chu strategy: "in the past, the emperor Lingwang was good at small waist, and the Chu son was about to eat. He could stand up by virtue of it and rise by style."
slim
out at heels and elbows -- tattered dress - zhǒng jué zhǒu jiàn
incorporate things of diverse nature - jù shōu bìng xù
keep strictly the rules for reward and punishment - jiǎng fá fēn míng
to hold on to one job while seeking a better one - qí mǎ xún mǎ