敲钉钻脚 — Chinese idiom
敲钉钻脚
qiāo dīng zuān jiǎo
Traditional: 敲釘鑽腳
Meaning
- to make doubly sure
Character by character
- 敲qiāoto hammer, to pound, to strike
- 钉dīngnail, spike
- 钻zuāndiamond; to bore, to drill, to pierce
- 脚jiǎoleg, foot; foundation, base
Idioms sharing a character
- 敲诈勒索 qiāo zhà lè suǒ
- 旁敲侧击 páng qiāo cè jī
- 盎盂相敲 àng yú xiāng qiāo
- 零打碎敲 líng dǎ suì qiāo
- 零敲碎打 líng qiāo suì dǎ
- 斩钉截铁 zhǎn dīng jié tiě
- 无孔不钻 wú kǒng bù zuān
- 见缝就钻 jiàn fèng jiù zuān
- 钻坚仰高 zuān jiān yǎng gāo
- 钻故纸堆 zuān gù zhǐ duī
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