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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
footstep / step
HSK 5
footprint
HSK 6
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
the extremity of the foot
(Tw) bicycle; bike / CL: 輛|辆
(of a monk) to travel / itinerant
arch of the foot
script; screenplay; scenario; libretto / (computing) script
under the foot
pedal
naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小腳|小脚) / long kick (soccer) / Bigfoot (mythological animal)
toe
ankle
two legs / both feet
bare feet
soles of the feet
the sole of the foot
foot of a mountain
heel
one moment ..., (the next ...) / leading foot (in walking)
to stay for a time / to stop over / to lodge / to sink down (into soft ground) / leftovers
(idiom) to act with confusion or in a disorderly manner; flustered
(one moment ...,) the next ... / trailing foot (in walking)
tripod / derrick crane
bound feet (traditional)
to stamp one's feet
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *腳* | 腳* | *腳
role (variant of )
litter (animal bedding)
footnote
stepping stone / fig. person used to advance one's career
pedal / treadle / (motor scooter) floorboard
Chinese boxing / fist and feet / punching and kicking
toenail
the sole of the foot
ankle
(idiom) (to move or do sth) softly; quietly; gently
stumbling block / obstacle / someone who gets in your way
one step, one footprint (idiom); steady progress / reliable
from head to foot
goblet
to come to blows / to paw / to grope / to get fresh
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
carelessly and haphazardly / to paw / to grope / to get fresh
barefoot
inferior / shoddy / lousy / lame
heel
to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature / to give the game away
to undermine / to let someone down / to seduce someone away from something
ill-founded / groundless
national football team member
extravagant (idiom); to throw away money by the handful / wasteful
athlete's foot; tinea pedis / beriberi
instep (upper surface of the foot)
sth one wishes to conceal / the cat (as in "let the cat out of the bag")
scaffolding
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
sb with only rudimentary skills (in a particular area)
to move a stone and stub one's toe / to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / doing things at the last minute / making a hasty last-minute effort
feet not touching the ground (idiom) / to run like the wind
instep (upper surface of the foot)
to have a foot in both camps / to have a bet each way / to be having an affair
(coll.) to tamper with / to mess around with
lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom) / fig. to have it both ways / to run after two hares / (especially) to have two lovers at the same time
barefoot doctor / farmer with paramedical training (PRC)
(old) to halt / to stop
pier foundation (architecture) / (Tw) politically influential figure enlisted to support one side in an election
remnants of material from an industrial process / offcut / scraps
lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / panic measures in place of timely preparation
(idiom) to be in the way; to be a hindrance
weakling / coward
to bare the feet
foot-binding / long strip of cloth used for foot-binding
top-heavy / fig. unbalance in organization or political structure
rhyming word ending a line of verse / rhyme
paw / claw
to stamp one's foot / to kick
serif / hook at the end of brushstroke
to shove in / to edge in / fig. to poke one's nose into people's business / prong
to stumble over sth
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
athlete's foot
to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom); realistic without flights of fancy / steady and serious character
(coll.) ankle
porter / bearer
to try to score (a goal) / final push (at a critical juncture) / the final leg of sth
(coll.) foot
to get a footing
footnote
lizard
athlete's foot

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