赶脚
gǎn jiǎo
Pinyin

Definition

赶脚
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gǎn jiǎo
  1. to work as a carter or porter
  2. to transport goods for a living (esp. by donkey)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

脚
jiǎo
  1. 1 foot
  2. 2 leg (of an animal or an object)
  3. 3 base (of an object)
  4. 4 CL:雙|双[shuāng],隻|只[zhī]
  5. 5 classifier for kicks
脚步
jiǎo bù
  1. 1 footstep
  2. 2 step
赶
gǎn
  1. 1 to overtake
  2. 2 to catch up with
  3. 3 to hurry
  4. 4 to rush
  5. 5 to try to catch (the bus etc)
  6. 6 to drive (cattle etc) forward
  7. 7 to drive (sb) away
  8. 8 to avail oneself of (an opportunity)
  9. 9 until
赶上
gǎn shàng
  1. 1 to keep up with
  2. 2 to catch up with
  3. 3 to overtake
  4. 4 to chance upon
  5. 5 in time for
赶快
gǎn kuài
  1. 1 at once
  2. 2 immediately
赶紧
gǎn jǐn
  1. 1 hurriedly
  2. 2 without delay
合脚
hé jiǎo
  1. 1 fitting one's feet (of shoes or socks)
大脚
dà jiǎo
  1. 1 naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小腳|小脚[xiǎo jiǎo])
  2. 2 long kick (soccer)
  3. 3 Bigfoot (mythological animal)
小脚
xiǎo jiǎo
  1. 1 bound feet (traditional)
山脚
shān jiǎo
  1. 1 foot of a mountain
手忙脚乱
shǒu máng jiǎo luàn
  1. 1 to act with confusion
  2. 2 to be in a flurry
  3. 3 to be flustered
手脚
shǒu jiǎo
  1. 1 hand and foot
  2. 2 movement of limbs
  3. 3 action
  4. 4 trick
  5. 5 step in a procedure (CL: 道[dào])
抱佛脚
bào fó jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble
  2. 2 panic measures in place of timely preparation
拳打脚踢
quán dǎ jiǎo tī
  1. 1 lit. to punch and kick (idiom); to beat up
  2. 2 fig. determined to sort out a problem
指手画脚
zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo
  1. 1 to gesticulate while talking (idiom)
  2. 2 to explain by waving one's hands
  3. 3 to criticize or give orders summarily
绊脚石
bàn jiǎo shí
  1. 1 stumbling block
  2. 2 obstacle
  3. 3 someone who gets in your way
脚下
jiǎo xià
  1. 1 under the foot
脚丫子
jiǎo yā zi
  1. 1 (coll.) foot
脚印
jiǎo yìn
  1. 1 footprint
脚尖
jiǎo jiān
  1. 1 the extremity of the foot

Idioms (20)

一步一个脚印
yī bù yī gè jiǎo yìn
  1. 1 one step, one footprint (idiom); steady progress
  2. 2 reliable
七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
光脚的不怕穿鞋的
guāng jiǎo de bù pà chuān xié de
  1. 1 lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the poor, who have nothing to lose, do not fear those in power
四脚朝天
sì jiǎo cháo tiān
  1. 1 four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back
大手大脚
dà shǒu dà jiǎo
  1. 1 extravagant (idiom); to throw away money by the handful
  2. 2 wasteful
平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚
píng shí bù shāo xiāng , lín shí bào fó jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble
  2. 2 doing things at the last minute
  3. 3 to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams)
抱佛脚
bào fó jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble
  2. 2 panic measures in place of timely preparation
拳打脚踢
quán dǎ jiǎo tī
  1. 1 lit. to punch and kick (idiom); to beat up
  2. 2 fig. determined to sort out a problem
指手划脚
zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo
  1. 1 to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands
  2. 2 to criticize or give orders summarily
  3. 3 also written 指手畫腳|指手画脚
指手画脚
zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo
  1. 1 to gesticulate while talking (idiom)
  2. 2 to explain by waving one's hands
  3. 3 to criticize or give orders summarily
搬石头砸自己的脚
bān shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo
  1. 1 to move a stone and stub one's toe
  2. 2 to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
搬砖砸脚
bān zhuān zá jiǎo
  1. 1 to hurt oneself by one's own doing
  2. 2 to boomerang
  3. 3 to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
搬起石头砸自己的脚
bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo
  1. 1 to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom)
  2. 2 hoisted by one's own petard
放开手脚
fàng kāi shǒu jiǎo
  1. 1 to have free rein (idiom)
敲钉钻脚
qiāo dīng zuān jiǎo
  1. 1 to make doubly sure (idiom)
有手有脚
yǒu shǒu yǒu jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. have hands have feet
  2. 2 to be able bodied (idiom)
  3. 3 to have the ability to work
流星赶月
liú xīng gǎn yuè
  1. 1 lit. a meteor catching up with the moon
  2. 2 swift action (idiom)
缩手缩脚
suō shǒu suō jiǎo
  1. 1 bound hand and foot (idiom); constrained
脚不沾地
jiǎo bù zhān dì
  1. 1 feet not touching the ground (idiom)
  2. 2 to run like the wind
脚正不怕鞋歪
jiǎo zhèng bù pà xié wāi
  1. 1 lit. a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe
  2. 2 an upright man is not afraid of gossip (idiom)

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