qī shǒu bā jiǎodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
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Original source entry:

七手八腳 七手八脚 [qi1 shou3 ba1 jiao3] /(idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)/

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