yāo MC ‘jew(X)
1. mortal frailty; die young, before one’s time; ill-starred; sickly.
a. curtail, cut short; break off; nip.
2. aberrant, irregular.
a. calamitous, disastrous; devastating.
3. deflected from target, distorted; crooked, warped; deformed. 4. sgl. or rdup., lush growth, luxuriant, unhindered abundance; rdup. also, relaxed and unruffled.
a. unrestrained, unchecked; e.g. (bn.) 夭矯 yāoqiǎo (MC ‘jewX-kjewX), wanton wafture, unrestricted indulgence.