抠 脚

kōu jiǎodictionary entry

to scratch one's foot / (fig.) to be stingy / (slang) (of a celebrity) to twiddle one's thumbs (i.e. not release any new material etc)

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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:

摳腳 抠脚 [kou1 jiao3] /to scratch one's foot/(fig.) to be stingy/(slang) (of a celebrity) to twiddle one's thumbs (i.e. not release any new material etc)/

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Other forms in these source records: 摳腳

抠
kōu
to dig / to pick / to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed) / to carve / to cut / to study meticulously / stingy / miserly / to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe)
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])

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