缩手缩脚 — Chinese idiom
缩手缩脚
suō shǒu suō jiǎo
Traditional: 縮手縮腳
Meaning
- bound hand and foot ; constrained
Character by character
- 缩suōto withdraw, to shrink, to pull back; abbreviation
- 手shǒuhand
- 缩suōto withdraw, to shrink, to pull back; abbreviation
- 脚jiǎoleg, foot; foundation, base
Idioms sharing a character
- 畏缩不前 wèi suō bù qián
- 节衣缩食 jié yī suō shí
- 缩衣节食 suō yī jié shí
- 临阵退缩 lín zhèn tuì suō
- 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
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