脚踏实地 — Chinese idiom
脚踏实地
jiǎo tà shí dì
Traditional: 腳踏實地
Meaning
- to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground ; realistic without flights of fancy
- steady and serious character
Character by character
- 脚jiǎoleg, foot; foundation, base
- 踏tàto trample, to tread on, to walk over
- 实shíreal, true; honest, sincere
- 地dìearth, ground, soil; land, region; structural part
Idioms sharing a character
- 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
- 有手有脚 yǒu shǒu yǒu jiǎo
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