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指手划脚

zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
variant of 指手畫腳|指手画脚[zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo]
Sources & editorial notes

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.

Source record: cd-1e1d511699d02f59. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

指手劃腳 指手划脚 [zhi3 shou3 hua4 jiao3] /variant of 指手畫腳|指手画脚[zhi3 shou3 hua4 jiao3]/

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Reference information

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Character information

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Other forms in these source records: 指手劃腳

  • 指
    zhǐ

    finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end

  • 手
    shǒu

    hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuāng],隻|只[zhī]

  • 划
    huá

    to row / to paddle / profitable / worth (the effort) / it pays (to do sth) / to cut / to slash / to scratch (cut into the surface of sth) / to strike (a match)

    huà

    to delimit / to transfer / to assign / to plan / to draw (a line) / stroke of a Chinese character

  • 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])

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.