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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
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
(of a monk) to travel / itinerant
naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小腳|小脚) / long kick (soccer) / Bigfoot (mythological animal)
two legs / both feet
bare feet
foot of a mountain
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
(one moment ...,) the next ... / trailing foot (in walking)
bound feet (traditional)
to stamp one's feet
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *腳* | 腳* | *腳
role (variant of )
litter (animal bedding)
footnote
Chinese boxing / fist and feet / punching and kicking
(idiom) (to move or do sth) softly; quietly; gently
from head to foot
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
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
sth one wishes to conceal / the cat (as in "let the cat out of the bag")
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
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
(coll.) to tamper with / to mess around with
(old) to halt / to stop
pier foundation (architecture) / (Tw) politically influential figure enlisted to support one side in an election
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
to bare the feet
foot-binding / long strip of cloth used for foot-binding
rhyming word ending a line of verse / rhyme
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
to try to score (a goal) / final push (at a critical juncture) / the final leg of sth
to get a footing
athlete's foot
(coll.) to bootlick
to gesticulate / to make lively gestures (while talking) / also written 比手劃腳|比手划脚
(page) footer / (dialect) foundation (of a building) / base
legs and feet / ability to walk / strides
to walk quietly on tiptoe (idiom)
splayfoot
freight charge
to manipulate dishonestly; to tamper with sth
whirlwind kick (martial arts)
mean / stingy / to be lacking in boldness / timid
(dialect) pedicure / to trim one's toenails
to run off / to beat it
splayed feet
to work as a carter or porter / to transport goods for a living (esp. by donkey)
intoeing / pigeon toes / knock-knees
a length of hair
(of a shoe) designed to be worn on a specific foot – either the left or the right
to limp / lame person
to hurt oneself by one's own doing / to boomerang / to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
variant of 鬢角|鬓角
to scratch one's foot / (fig.) to be stingy / (slang) (of a celebrity) to twiddle one's thumbs (i.e. not release any new material etc)
to sprain one's ankle
to walk cautiously in order not to make noise
chicken feet
to soak the feet
lit. have hands have feet / to be able bodied (idiom) / to have the ability to work
to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom) / hoisted by one's own petard
lead / pin (computer hardware)
fitting one's feet (of shoes or socks)
clumsy; uncoordinated
(fig.) sore spot
(idiom) to lose one's head / to panic / to go to pieces
Liujiao or Liuchiao Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
footing / pedestal
to meddle / to make a nuisance of oneself
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 / to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams)
to criticize behind sb's back / back-biting
to have free rein (idiom)
to make doubly sure (idiom)
to gesticulate / to make lively gestures (while talking) / also written 比手畫腳|比手画脚
to fling one's arms and stamp one's feet (in anger or despair)
centipede
to control in every detail / excessive supervision
one closely following the other

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