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站不住脚

zhàn bu zhù jiǎodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
ill-founded / groundless
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-aa6a34c0e01a1b86. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

站不住腳 站不住脚 [zhan4 bu5 zhu4 jiao3] /ill-founded/groundless/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 站不住腳

  • 站
    zhàn

    station / to stand / to halt / to stop / branch of a company or organization / website

  • 不
    bù

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

  • 住
    zhù

    to live / to reside / to stay / to stop / to cease / (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)

  • 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.