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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
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  *腿* | 腿* | *腿
HSK 2
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  *棒* | 棒* | *棒
stick / club / cudgel / smart / capable / strong / wonderful / classifier for legs of a relay race
HSK 5
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  *騙* | 騙* | *騙
to cheat / to swindle / to deceive / to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over
HSK 5
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  *足* | 足* | *足
(bound form) foot; leg / sufficient; ample / as much as; fully
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs
lit. legs on a snake / sth superfluous
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鬲* | 鬲* | *鬲
ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs
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  *驈* | 驈* | *驈
black horse with white legs
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  *爵* | 爵* | *爵
ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle / nobility
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  *蹲* | 蹲* | *蹲
(dialect) to sprain one's foot or leg due to a sudden impact or landing
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  *靰* | 靰* | *靰
leg warmer
lower leg (from knee to ankle) / shank
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *腄* | 腄* | *腄
callus on the hand or foot / upper leg bone of horse or bird / buttocks
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *腓* | 腓* | *腓
calf of leg / decay / protect
trouser leg
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *騺* | 騺* | *騺
heavy horse / horse unable to move because of twisted leg / plodding
leg
(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
two legs / both feet
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)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *叉* | 叉* | *叉
to diverge / to open (as legs)
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  *脛* | 脛* | *脛
lower part of leg
lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod / tripartite confrontation or balance of forces
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)
leg warmers
dog's leg / fig. one who follows a villain / henchman / hired thug
leg wrappings / puttee / gaiters / leggings
trouser leg
manacles and leg-irons / fetters and handcuffs
to try to score (a goal) / final push (at a critical juncture) / the final leg of sth
(martial arts) horse stance (with legs wide apart, as when riding a horse)
golden rooster stands on one leg (tai chi posture) / standing on one leg
one's four limbs / two arms and two legs
four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back
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
legs and feet / ability to walk / strides
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)
calf (back of the leg below the knee)
broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg
leg vise (torture instrument)
one leg over the other (legs crossed)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *骹* | 骹* | *骹
shank (the leg from knee to ankle) / leg (from hip to ankle) / (horse anatomy) pastern
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  *踅* | 踅* | *踅
walk with one leg
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
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *柦* | 柦* | *柦
a kind of wooden desk without legs
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鐐* | 鐐* | *鐐
fetters / leg-irons / shackles
dull gray / gloomy / dejected / crestfallen / with one's tail between one's legs
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鞡* | 鞡* | *鞡
leg warmer
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鬷* | 鬷* | *鬷
kettle on legs
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *臁* | 臁* | *臁
sides of the lower part of the leg
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  *胑* | 胑* | *胑
wings of birds / legs of animals
fetters / leg-irons
a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs
calf (of the leg)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *靿* | 靿* | *靿
the leg of a boot or sock
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *胻* | 胻* | *胻
calf (lower leg) / (arch.) belly
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  *盉* | 盉* | *盉
vessel similar to a kettle, but with three or four legs, used in ancient times for warming wine
false leg
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
to kick one's legs / leg press (exercise) / (coll.) to kick the bucket
lit. the three legs of a tripod / fig. three competing rivals
lesser yang gallbladder meridian of the leg (one of the 12 principal meridians of TCM)
weakening and close to exhaustion (idiom); in terminal decline / on one's last legs
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *騗* | 騗* | *騗
old variant of 騙|骗 / to get on a horse by swinging one leg over
to sit kneeling with legs folded underneath the thighs and buttocks resting on the heels
(of mules, horses etc) to kick backward / to kick with the hind legs / fig. to flare up in anger / to display defiance
to sit with legs dangling
legs / both legs / two legs
ambulatory leg (of a crab, lobster, spider etc)
broken leg
leg (aka shaft) of a boot; leg of a sock
chicken leg / drumstick / CL:
trouser leg opening
bow legs; bow-leggedness
(dialect) leg
(slang) stunning legs / sexy legs
sitting with one leg crossed (usu. of Bodhisattva)
calf (of the leg)
feet and legs in silk stockings (especially in the massage context)
to fall and fracture (a leg, vertebra etc)
Diplopoda (arthropod class with a pair of legs on each segment, including centipedes and millipedes)
crossed leg posture (usu. of Buddha)
to cleave / to split open / to spread open (fingers, legs)
to hop / to jump on one leg
bow legs / bandy legs
(coll.) (a person's) long legs
to have one's tail between one's legs
to tuck one's tail between one's legs / fig. to back down / in a humiliating situation
outbound leg (of a bus or train journey etc)
hind legs
variant of 折線|折线, broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg
to stick one leg over the other (when sitting)
clothing that exposes the arms and legs (e.g. shorts, sleeveless top); to wear such clothing
to shake uncontrollably / to jiggle (one's leg etc)
to get up on hind legs (esp. of horse) / to stand / to spring up
(coll.) skinny legs

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