指手画脚 — Chinese idiom
指手画脚
zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo
Traditional: 指手畫腳
Meaning
- to gesticulate while talking
- to explain by waving one's hands
- to criticize or give orders summarily
Character by character
- 指zhǐfinger, toe; to point, to indicate
- 手shǒuhand
- 画huàpicture, painting, drawing; to draw
- 脚jiǎoleg, foot; foundation, base
Idioms sharing a character
- 一弹指顷 yī tán zhǐ qǐng
- 了如指掌 liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
- 令人发指 lìng rén fà zhǐ
- 如臂使指 rú bì shǐ zhǐ
- 屈指可数 qū zhǐ kě shǔ
- 弹指之间 tán zhǐ zhī jiān
- 指日可待 zhǐ rì kě dài
- 指桑骂槐 zhǐ sāng mà huái
- 指腹为婚 zhǐ fù wéi hūn
- 指鸡骂狗 zhǐ jī mà gǒu
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