削足适履 — Chinese idiom
削足适履
xuē zú shì lǚ
Traditional: 削足適履
Meaning
- to cut the feet to fit the shoes ; to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed)
- impractical or inelegant solution
Character by character
- 削xuēto pare, to scrape, to trim
- 足zúfoot; to attain, to satisfy; enough
- 适shìmatch, comfortable; just
- 履lǚshoes; to walk, to tread
Idioms sharing a character
- 削职为民 xuē zhí wéi mín
- 一夔已足 yī kuí yǐ zú
- 三足鼎立 sān zú dǐng lì
- 不足挂齿 bù zú guà chǐ
- 不足为奇 bù zú wéi qí
- 不足为怪 bù zú wéi guài
- 人给家足 rén jǐ jiā zú
- 兵精粮足 bīng jīng liáng zú
- 品头论足 pǐn tóu lùn zú
- 家给人足 jiā jǐ rén zú
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