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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *腿* | 腿* | *腿
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *腳* | 腳* | *腳
foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只 / classifier for kicks
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *棒* | 棒* | *棒
stick / club / cudgel / smart / capable / strong / wonderful / classifier for legs of a relay race
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *足* | 足* | *足
(bound form) foot; leg / sufficient; ample / as much as; fully
HSK 6
a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs
calf (back of the leg below the knee)
lower leg (from knee to ankle) / shank
(Tw) (Internet slang) too late, someone posted that already (supposedly from "lag" misspelled as "leg")
one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents / round (boxing etc) / rally (tennis etc) / frame (billiards etc) / inning / (tennis, soccer etc) rubber or leg / round (of negotiations)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *騙* | 騙* | *騙
to cheat / to swindle / to deceive / to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over
HSK 5
to get up on hind legs (esp. of horse) / to stand / to spring up
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *距* | 距* | *距
to be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from / (bound form) distance / spur (on the leg of certain birds: gamecock, pheasant etc)
HSK 7-9
imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead , cutting off the nose , amputation of one or both feet , castration 宮|宫, execution 大辟 / Han dynasty onwards: whipping , beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns , forced labor , exile or banishment , capital punishment
lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it
HSK 7-9
feet and legs in silk stockings (especially in the massage context)
two legs / both feet
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *爵* | 爵* | *爵
ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle / nobility
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鼎* | 鼎* | *鼎
ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蹲* | 蹲* | *蹲
(dialect) to sprain one's foot or leg due to a sudden impact or landing
one leg over the other (legs crossed)
to cleave / to split open / to spread open (fingers, legs)
to stick one leg over the other (when sitting)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *叉* | 叉* | *叉
to diverge / to open (as legs)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鬲* | 鬲* | *鬲
ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs
broken leg
lit. having presented a flawed argument, one has nothing further to add (idiom) / fig. unable to provide a convincing argument to support one's position / to not have a leg to stand on
to walk around; to move about; to stretch one's legs; to go for a walk / to be mobile (e.g. after an illness) / to visit one another; to socialize / to pay a visit (go to the toilet)
to stick one leg over the other (when sitting)
lit. the humiliation of having to crawl between the legs of one's adversary (as Han Xin 韓信|韩信 supposedly did rather than engage in a sword fight) (idiom) / fig. (endure) utter humiliation
leg warmers
weakening and close to exhaustion (idiom); in terminal decline / on one's last legs
(coll.) (a person's) long legs
lit. legs on a snake / sth superfluous
broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg
ambulatory leg (of a crab, lobster, spider etc)
legs and feet / ability to walk / strides
trouser leg opening
to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs
Diplopoda (arthropod class with a pair of legs on each segment, including centipedes and millipedes)
to tuck one's tail between one's legs / fig. to back down / in a humiliating situation
(slang) stunning legs / sexy legs
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *骹* | 骹* | *骹
shank (the leg from knee to ankle) / leg (from hip to ankle) / (horse anatomy) pastern
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *柦* | 柦* | *柦
a kind of wooden desk without legs
at the base / at the root / (of a leg) just below the crutch
to have one's tail between one's legs
lesser yang gallbladder meridian of the leg (one of the 12 principal meridians of TCM)
(Tw) (slang) a prank, prevalent in Chinese schools and known as "happy corner" in Hong Kong, in which several people carry a victim with his legs spread open, bringing his groin up against a pole or tree trunk
lit. shut your mouth, move your legs (motto for losing weight)
to stretch out (one's arms or legs etc)
bow legs / bandy legs
fetters / leg-irons
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *脛* | 脛* | *脛
lower part of leg
to shake uncontrollably / to jiggle (one's leg etc)
leg wrappings / puttee / gaiters / leggings
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *胑* | 胑* | *胑
wings of birds / legs of animals
leg
leg of air or sea voyage
false leg
clothing that exposes the arms and legs (e.g. shorts, sleeveless top); to wear such clothing
bow legs; bow-leggedness
crossed leg posture (usu. of Buddha)
dog's leg / fig. one who follows a villain / henchman / hired thug
(coll.) skinny legs
to swing the arm and leg on the same side of the body together while walking
lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod / tripartite confrontation or balance of forces
calf (of the leg)
dull gray / gloomy / dejected / crestfallen / with one's tail between one's legs
(martial arts) horse stance (with legs wide apart, as when riding a horse)
to fall and fracture (a leg, vertebra etc)
to declaw (a cat etc) / (food preparation) to remove claws, pincer legs or similar hard tips
tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *腄* | 腄* | *腄
callus on the hand or foot / upper leg bone of horse or bird / buttocks
to hop on one leg
to try to score (a goal) / final push (at a critical juncture) / the final leg of sth
(sports) to nutmeg; to dribble or pass the ball through an opponent's legs (esp. in soccer or basketball)
leg vise (torture instrument)
to sit kneeling with legs folded underneath the thighs and buttocks resting on the heels
chicken leg / drumstick / CL:
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盉* | 盉* | *盉
vessel similar to a kettle, but with three or four legs, used in ancient times for warming wine
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *胻* | 胻* | *胻
calf (lower leg) / (arch.) belly
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *靿* | 靿* | *靿
the leg of a boot or sock
leg (aka shaft) of a boot; leg of a sock
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *騺* | 騺* | *騺
heavy horse / horse unable to move because of twisted leg / plodding
outbound leg (of a bus or train journey etc)
to hop / to jump on one leg
pork-leg rice – either a Guangdong (Chaozhou-Shantou) specialty of braised pork leg over rice or the Thai-Chinese dish "khao kha mu"
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *踅* | 踅* | *踅
walk with one leg
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *腓* | 腓* | *腓
calf of leg / decay / protect
four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back
to kick one's legs / leg press (exercise) / (coll.) to kick the bucket
golden rooster stands on one leg (tai chi posture) / standing on one leg
(dialect) leg
manacles and leg-irons / fetters and handcuffs
high leg swimsuit
calf (of the leg)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鬷* | 鬷* | *鬷
kettle on legs
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *騗* | 騗* | *騗
old variant of 騙|骗 / to get on a horse by swinging one leg over
legs / both legs / two legs
(of mules, horses etc) to kick backward / to kick with the hind legs / fig. to flare up in anger / to display defiance
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *臁* | 臁* | *臁
sides of the lower part of the leg

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