| 小 |
xiǎo mán yāo | slim feminine waist; willow waist (from the name of a Tang dynasty woman Xiao Man, famed for her slender waist) |
| 小 |
xiǎo | small / tiny / few / young |
| 蛮 |
mán | barbarian / bullying / very / quite / rough / reckless |
| 腰 |
yāo | the waist and lower back / (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food) / the waist of trousers or a skirt / (metonym) money pouch; pocket / (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc) |