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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
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
centipede
to criticize behind sb's back / back-biting
to come to blows / to paw / to grope / to get fresh
from head to foot
to hop on one leg
splayed feet
to limp / lame person
to undermine / to let someone down / to seduce someone away from something
naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小腳|小脚) / long kick (soccer) / Bigfoot (mythological animal)
to have free rein (idiom)
two legs / both feet
(idiom) to be in the way; to be a hindrance
foot of a mountain
one moment ..., (the next ...) / leading foot (in walking)
bound feet (traditional)
to stamp one's feet
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *腳* | 腳* | *腳
role (variant of )
double-bang firecracker (which explodes once on the ground and then a second time in the air after being propelled upward)
(idiom) (to move or do sth) softly; quietly; gently
to stomp or hop about (in anxiety, anger etc) / to dance on one's feet / hopping mad (anxious, etc)
to stop on the way for a rest
pedicure
barefoot
inferior / shoddy / lousy / lame
litter (animal bedding)
to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature / to give the game away
ill-founded / groundless
national football team member
extravagant (idiom); to throw away money by the handful / wasteful
sth one wishes to conceal / the cat (as in "let the cat out of the bag")
clumsy / all thumbs
to feet the feet perfectly / to follow closely / hard on sb's heels
(idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature / to give the game away
to move a stone and stub one's toe / to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
(coll.) to tamper with / to mess around with
pier foundation (architecture) / (Tw) politically influential figure enlisted to support one side in an election
(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)
to bare the feet
foot-binding / long strip of cloth used for foot-binding
to stamp one's foot / to kick
serif / hook at the end of brushstroke
bound hand and foot (idiom); constrained
seam; stitching / decorative trim; molding (used to conceal joints in architecture or interior design)
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
to try to score (a goal) / final push (at a critical juncture) / the final leg of sth
to get a footing
athlete's foot
(coll.) to bootlick
carelessly and haphazardly / to paw / to grope / to get fresh
to shove in / to edge in / fig. to poke one's nose into people's business / prong
to gesticulate / to make lively gestures (while talking) / also written 比手劃腳|比手划脚
(page) footer / (dialect) foundation (of a building) / base
footnote
legs and feet / ability to walk / strides
splayfoot
freight charge
whirlwind kick (martial arts)
mean / stingy / to be lacking in boldness / timid
to run off / to beat it
(dialect) pedicure / to trim one's toenails
to work as a carter or porter / to transport goods for a living (esp. by donkey)
intoeing / pigeon toes / knock-knees
a length of hair
to stay for a time / to stop over / to lodge / to sink down (into soft ground) / leftovers
(of a shoe) designed to be worn on a specific foot – either the left or the right
to manipulate dishonestly; to tamper with sth
fitting one's feet (of shoes or socks)
variant of 鬢角|鬓角
to sprain one's ankle
to walk cautiously in order not to make noise
chicken feet
to soak the feet
(old) to halt / to stop
lit. have hands have feet / to be able bodied (idiom) / to have the ability to work
to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom) / hoisted by one's own petard
lead / pin (computer hardware)
(fig.) sore spot
(idiom) to lose one's head / to panic / to go to pieces
bare feet
Liujiao or Liuchiao Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
clumsy; uncoordinated
footing / pedestal
to meddle / to make a nuisance of oneself
lit. to never burn incense when all's well, but clutch Buddha's feet in a crisis (proverb) / fig. to neglect preparation until the last moment, then act in panic
(one moment ...,) the next ... / trailing foot (in walking)
Chinese boxing / fist and feet / punching and kicking
to hurt oneself by one's own doing / to boomerang / to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
to scratch one's foot / (fig.) to be stingy / (slang) (of a celebrity) to twiddle one's thumbs (i.e. not release any new material etc)
to make doubly sure (idiom)
to gesticulate / to make lively gestures (while talking) / also written 比手畫腳|比手画脚
to fling one's arms and stamp one's feet (in anger or despair)
to control in every detail / excessive supervision
to stumble over sth
one closely following the other
to bind oneself hand and foot

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