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脚正不怕鞋歪

jiǎo zhèng bù pà xié wāidictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe / an upright man is not afraid of gossip (idiom)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

腳正不怕鞋歪 脚正不怕鞋歪 [jiao3 zheng4 bu4 pa4 xie2 wai1] /lit. a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe/an upright man is not afraid of gossip (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 腳正不怕鞋歪

  • 脚
    jiǎo

    foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) / CL:雙|双[shuāng],隻|只[zhī] / classifier for kicks

    jué

    role (variant of 角[jué])

  • 正
    zhēng

    first month of the lunar year

    zhèng

    straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive

  • 不
    bù

    no / not so / (bound form) not / un-

  • 怕
    pà

    to be afraid / to fear / to dread / to be unable to endure / perhaps

    Pà

    surname Pa

  • 鞋
  • 歪
    wāi

    askew / at a crooked angle / devious / noxious / (coll.) to lie on one's side

    wǎi

    to sprain (one's ankle) (Tw)

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.