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合脚 jiǎo fitting one's feet (of shoes or socks)
站立 zhàn to stand / standing / on one's feet
手足 shǒu hands and feet / (fig.) brothers / retinue, henchmen, accomplices
自立 independent / self-reliant / self-sustaining / to stand on one's own feet / to support oneself
脚踏实地 jiǎo shí to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom); realistic without flights of fancy / steady and serious character
zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male
大脚 jiǎo naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小腳|小脚[xiao3 jiao3]) / long kick (soccer) / Bigfoot (mythological animal)
平时不烧香,临时抱佛脚 píng shí shāo xiāng , lín shí bào jiǎo lit. to never burn incense when all's well, but clutch Buddha's feet in a crisis (proverb) / fig. to neglect preparation until the last moment, then act in panic
手舞足蹈 shǒu dǎo lit. to move one's hands and feet about (idiom) / fig. to dance about / to express one's feelings in body language / to gesture animatedly / (TCM) involuntary movements of the limbs
临阵退缩 lín zhèn tuì suō to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom) / to get cold feet
双脚 shuāng jiǎo two legs / both feet
鸡脚 jiǎo chicken feet
泡脚 pào jiǎo to soak the feet
冰冻三尺,非一日之寒 bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi zhī hán three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
有手有脚 yǒu shǒu yǒu jiǎo lit. have hands have feet / to be able bodied (idiom) / to have the ability to work
胼手胝足 pián shǒu zhī lit. with calluses on hands and feet (idiom) / fig. to work one's fingers to the bone
五刑 xíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
光脚 guāng jiǎo bare feet
方丈 fāng zhang square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square) / monastic room 10 feet square / Buddhist or Daoist abbot / abbot's chamber
品头论足 pǐn tóu lùn lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom); minute criticism of a woman's appearance / fig. to find fault in minor details / nitpicking / overcritical
丝足 feet and legs in silk stockings (especially in the massage context)
凤爪 fèng zhǎo chicken feet (cuisine)
左右开弓 zuǒ yòu kāi gōng lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom) / fig. to display ambidexterity / to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession / to use both feet equally (football)
老趼 lǎo jiǎn callus; corns (on the feet)
削足适履 xuē shì to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed) / impractical or inelegant solution


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