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


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