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
xíng jiāng jiù mù
to approach one's coffin (idiom) / with one foot in the grave
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)
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]
callus on the hand or foot / upper leg bone of horse or bird / buttocks
足不出户
zú bù chū hù
lit. not putting a foot outside / to stay at home
安步当车
ān bù dàng chē
to go on foot (idiom) / to do things at a leisurely pace
郑人买履
zhèng rén mǎi lu:3
lit. the person from Zheng 鄭|郑[Zheng4] who wanted to buy shoes (an allusion to an ancient story about somebody who, when buying a pair of shoes, preferred to rely on their foot measurements rather than just trying them on) (idiom) / fig. disregarding the sensible approach in favor of adherence to a fixed idea
脚踏两只船
jiǎo tà liǎng zhī chuán
to have a foot in both camps / to have a bet each way / to be having an affair
踩线
cǎi xiàn
to scout for a tour operator / to reconnoiter a potential tour itinerary / (tennis) to commit a foot fault
paws (of small animal) / foot of a utensil / stupid person
百尺竿头，更尽一步
bǎi chǐ gān tóu , gèng jìn yī bù
lit. hundred foot pole, progress still further (idiom) / fig. much accomplished, still some work to do / to continue to further successes / not to rest on one's laurels
脚位
jiǎo wèi
foot position (in dance)
脚正不怕鞋歪
jiǎo zhèng bù pà xié wāi
lit. a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe / an upright man is not afraid of gossip (idiom)
脚误
jiǎo wù
foot fault (tennis etc)
脚违例
jiǎo wéi lì
foot fault (tennis etc)
自缚手脚
zì fù shǒu jiǎo
to bind oneself hand and foot
认脚
rèn jiǎo
(of a shoe) designed to be worn on a specific foot &ndash / either the left or the right
jiǎo
