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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
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)
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
八字步 step with feet splayed outwards
打赤脚 chì jiǎo to bare the feet


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