英尺 yīng chǐ foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m) 走路 zǒu lù to walk / to go on foot / to leave / to depart / (informal) to clear off / to beat it / (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job / to get out syn 暴露 bào lù to expose / to reveal / to lay bare / also pr. [pu4 lu4] syn 浑身 渾身 hún shēn all over / from head to foot syn 手脚 手腳 shǒu jiǎo hand and foot / movement of limbs / action / trick / step in a procedure (CL:道[dao4]) syn 脚下 腳下 jiǎo xià under the foot syn 步行 bù xíng to go on foot / to walk syn 徒步 tú bù to be on foot syn 秃头 禿頭 tū tóu to bare one's head / to be bareheaded / to go bald / bald head / bald person 临终 臨終 lín zhōng approaching one's end / with one foot in the grave syn 平方 píng fāng square (as in square foot, square mile, square root) 赤裸 chì luǒ naked / bare syn 步兵 bù bīng infantry / foot / infantryman / foot soldier syn 脚尖 腳尖 jiǎo jiān the extremity of the foot 裸露 luǒ lù naked / bare / uncovered / exposed syn 行人 xíng rén pedestrian / traveler on foot / passer-by / official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor syn 涉足 shè zú to set foot in / to step into / to become involved for the first time syn 得寸进尺 得寸進尺 dé cùn jìn chǐ lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom) / fig. not satisfied with small gains / give him an inch, and he'll want a mile syn 徒手 tú shǒu with bare hands / unarmed / fighting hand-to-hand / freehand (drawing) 偏袒 piān tǎn to bare one shoulder / (fig.) to side with / to discriminate in favor of syn 掏腰包 tāo yāo bāo to dip into one's pocket / to pay out of pocket / to foot the bill syn 踏足 tà zú to set foot on (a foreign land etc) / to tread / (fig.) to enter (a new sphere) syn 后跟 後跟 hòu gēn heel (part of a foot) / heel (of a sock) / counter (the part of a shoe that cups the back of one's heel) / followed by (used in describing a format, such as "filename followed by file extension") syn 踏进 踏進 tà jìn to set foot in / to tread (in or on) / to walk into 脚板 腳板 jiǎo bǎn the sole of the foot syn 点破 點破 diǎn pò to lay bare in a few words / to expose with a word / to point out bluntly syn 山脚 山腳 shān jiǎo foot of a mountain syn 张牙舞爪 張牙舞爪 zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom) / to make threatening gestures syn 脚掌 腳掌 jiǎo zhǎng the sole of the foot syn 小卒 xiǎo zú foot soldier / minor figure / a nobody / (chess) pawn syn 暴露无遗 暴露無遺 bào lù wú yí to lay bare / to come to light syn 踏上 tà shàng to set foot on / to step on or into syn 拨弄 撥弄 bō nòng to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc) / to fiddle with / to stir up syn 赤膊 chì bó bare to the waist syn 湿气 濕氣 shī qì moisture / humidity / athlete's foot / tinea / eczema syn 脚丫子 腳丫子 jiǎo yā zi (coll.) foot syn 前脚 前腳 qián jiǎo one moment ..., (the next ...) / leading foot (in walking) 鸡眼 雞眼 jī yǎn corn (callus on the foot) 推心置腹 tuī xīn zhì fù to give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom) / sb has one's absolute confidence / to trust completely / to confide in sb with entire sincerity syn 缩手缩脚 縮手縮腳 suō shǒu suō jiǎo bound hand and foot (idiom) / constrained syn 光秃秃 光禿禿 guāng tū tū bald / bare (no hair, no leaves, no vegetation etc) syn 脚气 腳氣 jiǎo qì athlete's foot / tinea pedis / beriberi syn 龇牙咧嘴 齜牙咧嘴 zī yá liě zuǐ to grimace (in pain) / to show one's teeth / to bare one's fangs syn 袒露 tǎn lù to expose / to bare syn 赤膊上阵 赤膊上陣 chì bó shàng zhèn lit. to go into battle bare-breasted (idiom) / fig. to go all out / to come out in the open syn 家徒四壁 jiā tú sì bì lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom) / fig. very poor / wretched syn 脚背 腳背 jiǎo bèi instep (upper surface of the foot) syn 风烛残年 風燭殘年 fēng zhú cán nián one's late days / to have one foot in the grave syn 足下 zú xià you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation) / below the foot syn 脚心 腳心 jiǎo xīn arch of the foot 长物 長物 cháng wù (literary) things other than the bare necessities of life / item of some value / Taiwan pr. [zhang4 wu4] syn 墙根 牆根 qiáng gēn foot of a wall 脚面 腳面 jiǎo miàn instep (upper surface of the foot) syn 光着 光著 guāng zhe bare / naked 足浴 zú yù foot bath 足疗 足療 zú liáo foot massage 商祺 shāng qí business is auspicious / conventional greeting at the foot of a letter: May your business go well! 说破 說破 shuō pò to lay bare (actual facts, secrets etc) / to reveal 后脚 後腳 hòu jiǎo (one moment ...,) the next ... / trailing foot (in walking) 光脚 光腳 guāng jiǎo bare feet 口蹄疫 kǒu tí yì foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) / aphthous fever 足尖 zú jiān tip of the foot / toes 袒胸 tǎn xiōng to bare the breast 缠足 纏足 chán zú foot-binding 脚踏两条船 腳踏兩條船 jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom) / fig. to have it both ways / to run after two hares / (especially) to have two lovers at the same time 行将就木 行將就木 xíng jiāng jiù mù to approach one's coffin (idiom) / with one foot in the grave syn 脚 腳 jiǎo foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] / classifier for kicks syn 顿 頓 dùn to stop / to pause / to arrange / to lay out / to kowtow / to stamp (one's foot) / at once / classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal syn 登 dēng to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) syn 拨 撥 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch syn 掌 zhǎng palm of the hand / sole of the foot / paw / horseshoe / to slap / to hold in one's hand / to wield syn 足 zú (bound form) foot / leg / sufficient / ample / as much as / fully syn 尺 chǐ a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3] syn 赤 chì red / scarlet / bare / naked syn 爪 zhǎo foot of a bird or animal / paw / claws / talons syn 徒 tú disciple / apprentice / believer / on foot / bare / empty / to no avail / only / prison sentence syn 赤裸裸 chì luǒ luǒ bare / naked / (fig.) plain / undisguised / unadorned syn 秃 禿 tū bald (lacking hair or feathers) / barren / bare / denuded / blunt (lacking a point) / (of a piece of writing) unsatisfactory / lacking something syn 足不出户 足不出戶 zú bù chū hù lit. not putting a foot outside / to stay at home 跷 蹺 qiāo variant of 蹺|跷[qiao1] / to raise one's foot / stilts syn 露马脚 露馬腳 lòu mǎ jiǎo to reveal the cloven foot (idiom) / to unmask one's true nature / to give the game away syn 香港脚 香港腳 xiāng gǎng jiǎo athlete's foot 走卒 zǒu zú pawn (i.e. foot soldier) / servant / lackey (of malefactor) syn 跖 zhí metatarsus / (literary) sole of the foot / (literary) to tread on syn 脚癣 腳癬 jiǎo xuǎn athlete's foot syn 龇 齜 zī projecting teeth / to bare one's teeth 裹脚 裹腳 guǒ jiǎo foot-binding / long strip of cloth used for foot-binding 缠脚 foot binding / foot-binding 打赤膊 dǎ chì bó to bare one's chest / bare-chested syn 爪 zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc syn 麓 lù foot of a hill syn 裼 xī to bare the upper body 蹀 dié to tread on / to stamp one's foot 陬 zōu corner / foot of mountain syn 蹻 qiāo raise one's foot 蹠 zhí metatarsus / sole of foot / to tread on 跐 cǐ to trample / to step / to walk on the ball of the foot 襢 tǎn to bare 