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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *腿* | 腿* | *腿
HSK 2
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *棒* | 棒* | *棒
stick / club / cudgel / smart / capable / strong / wonderful / classifier for legs of a relay race
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *騙* | 騙* | *騙
to cheat / to swindle / to deceive / to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *足* | 足* | *足
(bound form) foot; leg / sufficient; ample / as much as; fully
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *驈* | 驈* | *驈
black horse with white legs
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鬲* | 鬲* | *鬲
ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *骹* | 骹* | *骹
shank (the leg from knee to ankle) / leg (from hip to ankle) / (horse anatomy) pastern
trouser leg opening
one leg over the other (legs crossed)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *爵* | 爵* | *爵
ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle / nobility
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蹲* | 蹲* | *蹲
(dialect) to sprain one's foot or leg due to a sudden impact or landing
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *騺* | 騺* | *騺
heavy horse / horse unable to move because of twisted leg / plodding
leg
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)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *叉* | 叉* | *叉
to diverge / to open (as legs)
lower leg (from knee to ankle) / shank
lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod / tripartite confrontation or balance of forces
calf (back of the leg below the knee)
leg wrappings / puttee / gaiters / leggings
trouser leg
trouser leg
to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs
(martial arts) horse stance (with legs wide apart, as when riding a horse)
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
one's four limbs / two arms and two legs
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
to stretch out (one's arms or legs etc)
to try to score (a goal) / final push (at a critical juncture) / the final leg of sth
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)
four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back
dog's leg / fig. one who follows a villain / henchman / hired thug
golden rooster stands on one leg (tai chi posture) / standing on one leg
legs and feet / ability to walk / strides
to cleave / to split open / to spread open (fingers, legs)
broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg
leg vise (torture instrument)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *踅* | 踅* | *踅
walk with one leg
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *柦* | 柦* | *柦
a kind of wooden desk without legs
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鐐* | 鐐* | *鐐
fetters / leg-irons / shackles
dull gray / gloomy / dejected / crestfallen / with one's tail between one's legs
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鬷* | 鬷* | *鬷
kettle on legs
fetters / leg-irons
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *靿* | 靿* | *靿
the leg of a boot or sock
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *胻* | 胻* | *胻
calf (lower leg) / (arch.) belly
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *臁* | 臁* | *臁
sides of the lower part of the leg
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)
leg warmers
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *腄* | 腄* | *腄
callus on the hand or foot / upper leg bone of horse or bird / buttocks
lit. legs on a snake / sth superfluous
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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:
(coll.) (a person's) long legs
bow legs; bow-leggedness
(coll.) skinny legs
to stick one leg over the other (when sitting)
to get up on hind legs (esp. of horse) / to stand / to spring up
(dialect) leg
(slang) stunning legs / sexy legs
leg of air or sea voyage
calf (of the leg)
sitting with one leg crossed (usu. of Bodhisattva)
to have one's tail between one's legs
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)
weakening and close to exhaustion (idiom); in terminal decline / on one's last legs
to hop / to jump on one leg
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)
bow legs / bandy 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)
a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs
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)
lit. shut your mouth, move your legs (motto for losing weight)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *胑* | 胑* | *胑
wings of birds / legs of animals
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *脛* | 脛* | *脛
lower part of leg
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *腓* | 腓* | *腓
calf of leg / decay / protect
calf (of the leg)

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