认脚 (認腳)
rèn jiǎo
Pinyin
Definition
认脚 (認腳)
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- to know your right shoe from your left (colloquial)
- to know which of two you want
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to admit
- 2 to concede
- 3 to recognize
- 4 recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc)
- 5 to acknowledge
- 1 footstep
- 2 step
- 1 to believe
- 2 to think
- 3 to consider
- 4 to feel
- 1 conscientious
- 2 earnest
- 3 serious
- 4 to take seriously
- 5 to take to heart
Idioms (20)
一步一个脚印
- 1 one step, one footprint (idiom); steady progress
- 2 reliable
七手八脚
- 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
光脚的不怕穿鞋的
- 1 lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom)
- 2 fig. the poor, who have nothing to lose, do not fear those in power
六亲不认
- 1 not recognizing one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives
四脚朝天
- 1 four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back