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"swift feet" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
飞毛腿 飛毛腿 fēi máo tuǐ swift feet / fleet-footed runner
Chinese Pinyin Translation
大脚 大腳 dà jiǎo naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小腳|小脚[xiao3 jiao3]) / long kick (soccer) / Bigfoot (mythological animal)
站立 zhàn lì to stand / standing / on one's feet syn
自立 zì lì independent / self-reliant / self-sustaining / to stand on one's own feet / to support oneself syn
脚底 腳底 jiǎo dǐ soles of the feet syn
麻利 má li swift / agile / efficient / quick-witted (colloquial) syn
拳脚 拳腳 quán jiǎo Chinese boxing / fist and feet / punching and kicking syn
飞速 飛速 fēi sù swift / rapidly syn
脚踏实地 腳踏實地 jiǎo tà shí dì to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom) / realistic without flights of fancy / steady and serious character syn
手足 shǒu zú hands and feet / (fig.) brothers / retinue, henchmen, accomplices syn
自食其力 zì shí qí lì lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom) / fig. to stand on one's own feet / to earn one's own living syn
手舞足蹈 shǒu wǔ zú dǎo lit. to move one's hands and feet about (idiom) / fig. to dance about / to express one's feelings in body language / to gesture animatedly / (TCM) involuntary movements of the limbs syn
腿脚 腿腳 tuǐ jiǎo legs and feet / ability to walk / strides syn
品头论足 品頭論足 pǐn tóu lùn zú lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom) / minute criticism of a woman's appearance / fig. to find fault in minor details / nitpicking / overcritical syn
小脚 小腳 xiǎo jiǎo bound feet (traditional) syn
老茧 老繭 lǎo jiǎn callus (patch or hardened skin) / corns (on feet) / also 老趼 syn
情同手足 qíng tóng shǒu zú as close as one's hands and feet (idiom) / loving one another as brothers / deep friendship / closely attached to one another syn
双脚 雙腳 shuāng jiǎo two legs / both feet
茧子 繭子 jiǎn zi callus (patch or hardened skin) / corns (on feet) / also 趼子 syn
鱼尾纹 魚尾紋 yú wěi wén wrinkles of the skin / crow's feet
左右开弓 左右開弓 zuǒ yòu kāi gōng lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom) / fig. to display ambidexterity / to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession / to use both feet equally (football) syn
见方 見方 jiàn fāng (measurement) (after a length) square (as in "10 feet square") syn
雨燕 yǔ yàn swift / Apodidae (the swift family)
跳脚 跳腳 tiào jiǎo to stomp or hop about (in anxiety, anger etc) / to dance on one's feet / hopping mad (anxious, etc) syn
剽悍 piāo hàn swift and fierce syn
拆台 拆臺 chāi tái (theater) to dismantle the stage / (fig.) to pull the rug out from under sb's feet / to undermine sb's plans syn
方丈 fāng zhang square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square) / monastic room 10 feet square / Buddhist or Daoist abbot / abbot's chamber syn
迅疾 xùn jí rapid / swift syn
雷厉风行 雷厲風行 léi lì fēng xíng pass like thunder and move like the wind (idiom) / swift and decisive reaction syn
捶胸顿足 捶胸頓足 chuí xiōng dùn zú (idiom) to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (in sorrow, anguish etc) syn
双足 雙足 shuāng zú both feet / two-legged
光脚 光腳 guāng jiǎo bare feet
奔马 奔馬 bēn mǎ (literary) (swift like a) speeding horse
顿足 頓足 dùn zú stamp (one's feet)
泡脚 泡腳 pào jiǎo to soak the feet
临时抱佛脚 臨時抱佛腳 lín shí bào fó jiǎo lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom) / fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / doing things at the last minute / making a hasty last-minute effort syn
轻捷 輕捷 qīng jié light on one's feet / nimble / agile syn
链 鏈 liàn chain / cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m) / chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m) / to chain / to enchain syn
串 chuàn to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across syn
疾 jí (bound form) disease / ailment / (bound form) swift / (literary) to hate / to abhor syn
评头论足 評頭論足 píng tóu lùn zú lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom) / minute criticism of a woman's appearance / fig. to find fault in minor details / to remark upon a person's appearance / nitpicking / overcritical / judgmental syn
丈 zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male syn
兀 wù cut off the feet / rising to a height / towering / bald / duplicate of Big Five A461 syn
跺 duò to stamp one's feet syn
蹼 pǔ web (of feet of ducks, frogs etc)
抱佛脚 抱佛腳 bào fó jiǎo lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom) / fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / panic measures in place of timely preparation syn
掌骨 zhǎng gǔ metacarpal bone (long bones in the hand and feet)
绚 絢 xuàn adorned / swift / gorgeous / brilliant / variegated syn
仞 rèn unit of length used in ancient times, equal to 7 or 8 Chinese feet 尺[chi3]
浏 瀏 liú clear / deep (of water) / swift
鸭掌 鴨掌 yā zhǎng duck feet (claws)
五刑 wǔ xíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
削足适履 削足適履 xuē zú shì lǚ to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom) / to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed) / impractical or inelegant solution syn
老虎凳 lǎo hǔ dèng tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse)
剽 piāo to rob / swift / nimble / Taiwan pr. [piao4]
刖 yuè to amputate one or both feet (punishment in imperial China) (one of the five mutilating punishments 五刑[wu3 xing2])
跟脚 跟腳 gēn jiǎo to feet the feet perfectly / to follow closely / hard on sb's heels syn
拍案而起 pāi àn ér qǐ (idiom) to slam the table and rise to one's feet in indignation syn
躄 bì both feet crippled / lame
鹯 鸇 zhān sparrow hawk / swift
跂 qì to stand on tiptoe / to sit with feet hanging
兵贵神速 兵貴神速 bīng guì shén sù lit. speed is a crucial asset in war (idiom) / fig. swift and resolute (in doing sth) syn
鸇 zhān sparrow hawk / swift
山高水险 山高水險 shān gāo shuǐ xiǎn lit. the mountains are high and the torrents swift / to undertake an arduous task or journey (idiom)
流星赶月 流星趕月 liú xīng gǎn yuè lit. a meteor catching up with the moon / swift action (idiom)
蓬头跣足 蓬頭跣足 péng tóu xiǎn zú matted hair and bare feet / unkempt
胼手胝足 pián shǒu zhī zú lit. with calluses on hands and feet (idiom) / fig. to work one's fingers to the bone
脚不沾地 腳不沾地 jiǎo bù zhān dì feet not touching the ground (idiom) / to run like the wind
駾 tuì approach at swift gallop (on horses)
淢 yù moat / swift current
寁 zǎn swift
劲急 勁急 jìng jí strong and swift
麻力 má li swift / agile / efficient / quick witted (colloquial) / also written 麻利[ma2 li5]
SWIFT资金转账 SWIFT資金轉賬 SWIFT money transfers
小白腰雨燕 xiǎo bái yāo yǔ yàn (bird species of China) house swift (Apus nipalensis)
普通楼燕 普通樓燕 pǔ tōng lóu yàn (bird species of China) common swift (Apus apus)
暗背雨燕 àn bèi yǔ yàn (bird species of China) dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda)
棕雨燕 zōng yǔ yàn (bird species of China) Asian palm swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis)
弯道超车 彎道超車 wān dào chāo chē to overtake on a bend (driving) / (fig.) taking opportunity of tight corners to make swift progress (economy etc)
千里马常有，而伯乐不常有 千里馬常有，而伯樂不常有 qiān lǐ mǎ cháng yǒu , ér bó lè bù cháng yǒu lit. there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (idiom) / fig. many have talent, but few can recognize talent when they see it
凌厉 凌厲 líng lì swift and fierce / fierce / forceful syn
溜 liù swift current / rapids / (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled / proficient / (of movements) quick / speedy / (bound form) rain runoff from a roof / (bound form) roof gutter / classifier for rows, lines etc / surroundings / neighborhood / (dialect) to practice / (dialect) to plaster / to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc) syn
凤爪 鳳爪 fèng zhǎo chicken feet (cuisine) syn
丁字步 dīng zì bù T-step (basic dance position, with the feet forming a T shape)
八字步 bā zì bù step with feet splayed outwards syn
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒 冰凍三尺，非一日之寒 bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom) / Rome wasn't built in a day
合脚 合腳 hé jiǎo fitting one's feet (of shoes or socks)
外八字脚 外八字腳 wài bā zì jiǎo splayed feet
平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚 平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳 píng shí bù shāo xiāng , lín shí bào fó jiǎo lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom) / fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / doing things at the last minute / to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams)
打赤脚 打赤腳 dǎ chì jiǎo to bare the feet syn
拖拖沓沓 tuō tuō tà tà dragging one's feet
有手有脚 有手有腳 yǒu shǒu yǒu jiǎo lit. have hands have feet / to be able bodied (idiom) / to have the ability to work
濯足 zhuó zú to wash one's feet
甩手顿脚 甩手頓腳 shuǎi shǒu dùn jiǎo to fling one's arms and stamp one's feet (in anger or despair)
老趼 lǎo jiǎn callus / corns (on the feet)
趼子 jiǎn zi callus (patch or hardened skin) / corns (on the feet) syn
趼足 jiǎn zú feet with calluses / fig. a long and hard march
蹀足 dié zú to stamp the feet (formal writing)
蹑跟 躡跟 niè gēn too large or small for the feet (of shoes)
鸡脚 雞腳 jī jiǎo chicken feet
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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