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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *脚* | 脚* | *脚
foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只 / classifier for kicks
HSK 2
footstep / step
HSK 5
footprint
HSK 6
hand and foot / movement of limbs / action / trick / step in a procedure (CL:)
HSK 7-9
to gesticulate while talking (idiom) / to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily
HSK 7-9
Chinese boxing / fist and feet / punching and kicking
to ease up the pace / to slow things down
script; screenplay; scenario; libretto / (computing) script
foot brake
feet not touching the ground (idiom) / to run like the wind
(old) to halt / to stop
the extremity of the foot
(Tw) bicycle; bike / CL: 輛|辆
pedicurist
pork-leg rice – either a Guangdong (Chaozhou-Shantou) specialty of braised pork leg over rice or the Thai-Chinese dish "khao kha mu"
walking speed / distance traveled by foot
(bird species of China) green-legged partridge (Arborophila chloropus)
(bird species of China) brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
to feet the feet perfectly / to follow closely / hard on sb's heels
stumbling block / obstacle / someone who gets in your way
pedal / treadle / (motor scooter) floorboard
two legs / both feet
pedal
(one moment ...,) the next ... / trailing foot (in walking)
tripod; stand
foot fault (tennis etc)
naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小腳|小脚) / long kick (soccer) / Bigfoot (mythological animal)
litter (animal bedding)
under the foot
instep (upper surface of the foot)
soles of the feet
rhyming word ending a line of verse / rhyme
lizard
foot of a mountain
beriberi
barefoot
remnants of material from an industrial process / offcut / scraps
the sole of the foot
one moment ..., (the next ...) / leading foot (in walking)
toe
national football team member
paw / claw
lit. to punch and kick (idiom); to beat up / fig. determined to sort out a problem
to soak the feet
caster (attached to the bottom of furniture, trolleys etc)
toenail
to stay for a time / to stop over / to lodge / to sink down (into soft ground) / leftovers
to come to blows / to paw / to grope / to get fresh
the sole of the foot
heel
(page) footer / (dialect) foundation (of a building) / base
legs and feet / ability to walk / strides
inferior / shoddy / lousy / lame
(fig.) to scramble to make up for a lack of preparation; to make a frantic, last-ditch effort; to cram for an exam (cf. 平時不燒香臨時抱佛腳|平时不烧香临时抱佛脚)
pedicure
(bird species of China) red-footed booby (Sula sula)
fitting one's feet (of shoes or socks)
athlete's foot; tinea pedis / beriberi
to shove in / to edge in / fig. to poke one's nose into people's business / prong
to get a footing
heel
footstool
(idiom) to act with confusion or in a disorderly manner; flustered
bound feet (traditional)
footnote
to walk quietly on tiptoe (idiom)
instep (upper surface of the foot)
barefoot doctor / farmer with paramedical training (PRC)
(dialect) motorcycle / abbr. to 機車|机车
top-heavy / fig. unbalance in organization or political structure
footnote
sb with only rudimentary skills (in a particular area)
to limp / lame person
extravagant (idiom); to throw away money by the handful / wasteful
to work as a carter or porter / to transport goods for a living (esp. by donkey)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *脚* | 脚* | *脚
role (variant of )
flip-flops
athlete's foot
foot-binding / long strip of cloth used for foot-binding
carelessly and haphazardly / to paw / to grope / to get fresh
bound hand and foot (idiom); constrained
arch of the foot
(dialect) leg
athlete's foot
to stumble over sth
to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily / also written 指手畫腳|指手画脚
flippers / fins
(of a monk) to travel / itinerant
porter / bearer
fetters / leg-irons
(coll.) to bootlick
payment to a porter
footing / pedestal
sth one wishes to conceal / the cat (as in "let the cat out of the bag")
to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature / to give the game away
to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom); realistic without flights of fancy / steady and serious character
chicken feet
to walk cautiously in order not to make noise

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