跌脚捶胸 — Chinese idiom
跌脚捶胸
diē jiǎo chuí xiōng
Traditional: 跌腳捶胸
Meaning
- lit. stamping and beating the chest ; fig. angry or stressed about sth
Character by character
- 跌diēto stumble, to slip, to fall
- 脚jiǎoleg, foot; foundation, base
- 捶chuíto beat, to lash, to strike with a cane
- 胸xiōngbreast, bosom; heart, mind
Idioms sharing a character
- 跌至谷底 diē zhì gǔ dǐ
- 七手八脚 qī shǒu bā jiǎo
- 四脚朝天 sì jiǎo cháo tiān
- 大手大脚 dà shǒu dà jiǎo
- 手忙脚乱 shǒu máng jiǎo luàn
- 拳打脚踢 quán dǎ jiǎo tī
- 指手画脚 zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo
- 搬砖砸脚 bān zhuān zá jiǎo
- 放开手脚 fàng kāi shǒu jiǎo
- 敲钉钻脚 qiāo dīng zuān jiǎo
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