压压脚
yā ya jiǎo
Pinyin

Definition

压压脚
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yā ya jiǎo
  1. to help out

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

压
yā
  1. 1 to press
  2. 2 to push down
  3. 3 to keep under (control)
  4. 4 pressure
压力
yā lì
  1. 1 pressure
压抑
yā yì
  1. 1 to constrain or repress emotions
  2. 2 oppressive
  3. 3 stifling
  4. 4 depressing
  5. 5 repression
脚
jiǎo
  1. 1 foot
  2. 2 leg (of an animal or an object)
  3. 3 base (of an object)
  4. 4 CL:雙|双[shuāng],隻|只[zhī]
  5. 5 classifier for kicks
脚步
jiǎo bù
  1. 1 footstep
  2. 2 step
光脚
guāng jiǎo
  1. 1 bare feet
前脚
qián jiǎo
  1. 1 one moment ..., (the next ...)
  2. 2 leading foot (in walking)
动手动脚
dòng shǒu dòng jiǎo
  1. 1 to come to blows
  2. 2 to paw
  3. 3 to grope
  4. 4 to get fresh
合脚
hé jiǎo
  1. 1 fitting one's feet (of shoes or socks)
垫脚石
diàn jiǎo shí
  1. 1 stepping stone
  2. 2 fig. person used to advance one's career
增压
zēng yā
  1. 1 to pressurize
  2. 2 to boost
  3. 3 to supercharge
压低
yā dī
  1. 1 to lower (one's voice)
压住
yā zhù
  1. 1 to press down
  2. 2 to crush down
  3. 3 to restrain (anger)
  4. 4 to keep down (voice)
压倒
yā dǎo
  1. 1 to overwhelm
  2. 2 to overpower
  3. 3 overwhelming
压制
yā zhì
  1. 1 to suppress
  2. 2 to inhibit
  3. 3 to stifle
压力山大
yā lì shān dà
  1. 1 (jocularly) to be under great pressure (a pun on 亞歷山大|亚历山大[Yà lì shān dà])
压扁
yā biǎn
  1. 1 to squash
  2. 2 to crush flat
压挤
yā jǐ
  1. 1 to squeeze out
  2. 2 to extrude
压根
yà gēn
  1. 1 from the start
  2. 2 absolutely
  3. 3 entirely
  4. 4 simply
压根儿
yà gēn r5
  1. 1 erhua variant of 壓根|压根[yà gēn]

Idioms (20)

一步一个脚印
yī bù yī gè jiǎo yìn
  1. 1 one step, one footprint (idiom); steady progress
  2. 2 reliable
七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
以言代法，以权压法
yǐ yán dài fǎ , yǐ quán yā fǎ
  1. 1 to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior
  2. 2 Might makes right.
光脚的不怕穿鞋的
guāng jiǎo de bù pà chuān xié de
  1. 1 lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the poor, who have nothing to lose, do not fear those in power
四脚朝天
sì jiǎo cháo tiān
  1. 1 four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back
压而不服
yā ér bù fú
  1. 1 coercion will never convince (idiom)
大手大脚
dà shǒu dà jiǎo
  1. 1 extravagant (idiom); to throw away money by the handful
  2. 2 wasteful
平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚
píng shí bù shāo xiāng , lín shí bào fó jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble
  2. 2 doing things at the last minute
  3. 3 to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams)
强龙不压地头蛇
qiáng lóng bù yā dì tóu shé
  1. 1 lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law
扶正压邪
fú zhèng yā xié
  1. 1 to uphold good and suppress evil (idiom)
抱佛脚
bào fó jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble
  2. 2 panic measures in place of timely preparation
拳打脚踢
quán dǎ jiǎo tī
  1. 1 lit. to punch and kick (idiom); to beat up
  2. 2 fig. determined to sort out a problem
指手划脚
zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo
  1. 1 to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands
  2. 2 to criticize or give orders summarily
  3. 3 also written 指手畫腳|指手画脚
指手画脚
zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo
  1. 1 to gesticulate while talking (idiom)
  2. 2 to explain by waving one's hands
  3. 3 to criticize or give orders summarily
搬石头砸自己的脚
bān shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo
  1. 1 to move a stone and stub one's toe
  2. 2 to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
搬砖砸脚
bān zhuān zá jiǎo
  1. 1 to hurt oneself by one's own doing
  2. 2 to boomerang
  3. 3 to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
搬起石头砸自己的脚
bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo
  1. 1 to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom)
  2. 2 hoisted by one's own petard
放开手脚
fàng kāi shǒu jiǎo
  1. 1 to have free rein (idiom)
敲钉钻脚
qiāo dīng zuān jiǎo
  1. 1 to make doubly sure (idiom)
有手有脚
yǒu shǒu yǒu jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. have hands have feet
  2. 2 to be able bodied (idiom)
  3. 3 to have the ability to work

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