碍手碍脚 — Chinese idiom
碍手碍脚
ài shǒu ài jiǎo
Traditional: 礙手礙腳
Meaning
- to be in the way; to be a hindrance
Character by character
- 碍àito block, to deter, to hinder, to obstruct
- 手shǒuhand
- 碍àito block, to deter, to hinder, to obstruct
- 脚jiǎoleg, foot; foundation, base
Idioms sharing a character
- 碍口识羞 ài kǒu shí xiū
- 碍难从命 ài nán cóng mìng
- 七手八脚 qī shǒu bā jiǎo
- 上下其手 shàng xià qí shǒu
- 假手于人 jiǎ shǒu yú rén
- 两手空空 liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
- 大手大脚 dà shǒu dà jiǎo
- 大显身手 dà xiǎn shēn shǒu
- 妙手回春 miào shǒu huí chūn
- 得心应手 dé xīn yìng shǒu
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