手舞足蹈 — Chinese idiom
手舞足蹈
shǒu wǔ zú dǎo
Meaning
- lit. to move one's hands and feet about
- fig. to dance about
- to express one's feelings in body language
- to gesture animatedly
- (TCM) involuntary movements of the limbs
Character by character
- 手shǒuhand
- 舞wǔto dance; to brandish
- 足zúfoot; to attain, to satisfy; enough
- 蹈dǎoto dance, to stamp the feet
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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