四脚朝天 — Chinese idiom
四脚朝天
sì jiǎo cháo tiān
Traditional: 四腳朝天
Meaning
- four legs facing the sky ; flat on one's back
Character by character
- 四sìfour
- 脚jiǎoleg, foot; foundation, base
- 朝cháoto face; direct, facing; dynasty; morning
- 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
Idioms sharing a character
- 三妻四妾 sān qī sì qiè
- 不三不四 bù sān bù sì
- 危机四伏 wēi jī sì fú
- 名扬四海 míng yáng sì hǎi
- 四世同堂 sì shì tóng táng
- 四仰八叉 sì yǎng bā chā
- 四分五裂 sì fēn wǔ liè
- 四大皆空 sì dà jiē kōng
- 四平八稳 sì píng bā wěn
- 四海升平 sì hǎi shēng píng
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