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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *跟* | 跟* | *跟
heel / to follow closely / to go with / (of a woman) to marry sb / with / compared with / to / towards / and (joining two nouns)
HSK 1
high-heeled shoes
HSK 5
to lift one's heels; to stand on tiptoe; (sports) to do a calf raise
to tail behind / to tag along / to follow on the heels of
heel (part of a foot) / heel (of a sock) / counter (the part of a shoe that cups the back of one's heel) / followed by (used in describing a format, such as "filename followed by file extension")
heel
Achilles' heel / chink in the armor
flat bottomed / low heeled
to run away / to take to one's heels
(slang) sky-high heels; ultra-high-heeled shoes
to fall head over heels / (fig.) to come a cropper
to turn a somersault / to turn head over heels
(literary) in an instant (lit. to turn on one's heel)
to turn on one's heels / to walk away abruptly
(dialect) to scamper off; to take to one's heels; to make oneself scarce
Otranto city on the southeast heel of Italy
mortal wound / (fig.) fatal weakness / Achilles' heel
to escape without trace (idiom); to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime) / to show a clean pair of heels
to do a somersault / to turn head over heels
to hold an inconsequential job / to receive a cold reception / to be kept waiting for an assignment or audience / to be out in the cold / to be sidelined / to warm the bench / to cool one's heels
to rub one's head and heels (idiom); to slave for the benefit of others / to wear oneself out for the general good
to take to one's heels / to scram
heel (of a shoe)
lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love / fascinated / captivated
heel
Strait of Otranto between the heel of Italy and Albania
Heelys (roller shoes with wheels protruding slightly from the heel)
lethal point (acupuncture) / vulnerable spot / Achilles' heel
to fall head over heels in love / to be passionately in love
(coll.) rich / well-heeled
to sit kneeling with legs folded underneath the thighs and buttocks resting on the heels
lit. to look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom) / fig. to search out one's opponent's weak points / to look for the Achilles' heel
(of a horse, dog etc) to sit back on one's haunches and refuse to be coaxed forward / (of a person) to brace oneself to resist being made to go forward; (fig.) to dig one's heels in
to feet the feet perfectly / to follow closely / hard on sb's heels
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *踵* | 踵* | *踵
to arrive / to follow / heel
to kneel as in prayer (without sitting back on the heels)
to tumble / to fall head over heels / (fig.) to take a tumble
to follow on sb's heels
heel tendon of mammals / Achilles tendon
Brindisi, port city on southeast heel of Italy


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