蹑手蹑脚 — Chinese idiom
蹑手蹑脚
niè shǒu niè jiǎo
Traditional: 躡手躡腳
Meaning
- to walk quietly on tiptoe
Character by character
- 蹑nièto tip-toe, to walk quietly
- 手shǒuhand
- 蹑nièto tip-toe, to walk quietly
- 脚jiǎoleg, foot; foundation, base
Idioms sharing a character
- 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
- 心慈手软 xīn cí shǒu ruǎn
- 心狠手辣 xīn hěn shǒu là
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