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HSK
to satisfy / to meet (the needs of) / satisfied / content
HSK 3
adequate / sufficient / abundant
HSK 5
ample / complete / hundred percent / a pure shade (of some color)
HSK 5
insufficient / lacking / deficiency / not enough / inadequate / not worth / cannot / should not
HSK 5
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  *足* | 足* | *足
(bound form) foot; leg / sufficient; ample / as much as; fully
HSK 6
content with one's situation / to know contentment (hence happiness)
HSK 7-9
to stand / to have a footing / to be established / to base oneself on
HSK 7-9
rich / plentiful
HSK 7-9
remarkable (progress, improvement, expansion etc)
HSK 7-9
lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it
HSK 7-9
everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment
HSK 7-9
stamp (one's feet)
to learn is to know one's ignorance (the Book of Rites 禮記|礼记)
sexual gratification
self-sufficient / satisfied with oneself
to squeeze in / to step in / to take part / to step between (two persons in a relationship)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *足* | 足* | *足
excessive
both feet / two-legged
to set foot on (a foreign land etc); to tread / (fig.) to enter (a new sphere)
hands and feet / (fig.) brothers / retinue, henchmen, accomplices
too frightened to move or speak
excursion / hike / march
to bring up to full strength / to make up a deficiency / to fill (a vacancy, gap etc)
to stop (walking) / to halt
self-sufficiency / autarky
to be full (after eating)
centipede / millipede
one's every movement (idiom) / comportment / gestures
elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well-prepared forces / preparations for war are in an advanced state
the will is there, but not the strength (idiom) / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
abundant / plenty
full / complete / all of
to scrape together enough (people, money etc)
lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom); minute criticism of a woman's appearance / fig. to find fault in minor details / nitpicking / overcritical
avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
(idiom) to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (in sorrow, anguish etc)
bound feet
perfectly contented (idiom) / perfectly satisfied
to wash one's feet
to lose one's footing / to slip / to take a wrong step in life
lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom); minute criticism of a woman's appearance / fig. to find fault in minor details / to remark upon a person's appearance / nitpicking / overcritical / judgmental
to set foot in / to step into / to become involved for the first time
flat feet
as close as brothers (idiom); deep friendship
honorific: Your distinguished disciple / Your most brilliant pupil
lit. each household provided for, enough for the individual (idiom); comfortably off
lit. with calluses on hands and feet (idiom) / fig. to work one's fingers to the bone
foot-binding
to forbid sb to go out / to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc) / to ground (as disciplinary measure) / to gate / to curfew / restriction on movement / ban on visiting a place / out of bounds / off limits / caveat
barefoot / barefooted
to walk on tiptoe / to step on sb's foot / to join (a trade, profession etc) / to associate with (a certain group of people)
lame
lit. each household provided for, enough for the individual (idiom); comfortably off
by no means an isolated case / numerous
to suffer from a congenital deficiency; to have an inherent weakness
as close as one's hands and feet (idiom); loving one another as brothers / deep friendship / closely attached to one another
to stamp the feet (formal writing)
women's soccer; women's football / women's soccer team
lit. the three legs of a tripod / fig. three competing rivals
bare foot / to be barefoot
to enter (a new market etc)
lit. legs on a snake / sth superfluous
one talented person is enough for the job (idiom)
ambulatory leg (of a crab, lobster, spider etc)
to stamp one's foot (in anger)
national soccer team
World Cup (soccer) (Tw)
feet with calluses / fig. a long and hard march
gastropod (class of mollusks including snails)
high-arched feet
every little move / every single movement
feet and legs in silk stockings (especially in the massage context)
The will is there, but not the strength (idiom, from Confucian Analects). / I really want to do it, but don't have the resources. / The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
(coll.) to look every bit the big star
abbr. for 男子足球 men's soccer / abbr. for 男子足球隊|男子足球队 men's soccer team
lack of sleep / sleep deficit
lit. on tiptoes / to look forward eagerly / to long for
matted hair and bare feet / unkempt
to regard sb as a brother (idiom)
to make idle remarks about a woman's appearance (idiom)
fully / no less than / as much as / extremely


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