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手脚

shǒu jiǎo

2-character word Traditional 手腳 Measure word 道

What 手脚 means

1. hand and foot
2. movement of limbs
3. action
4. trick
5. step in a procedure

The characters in 手脚

• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 脚jiǎofoot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object)

Example sentences

• 你可以看，可以听，但手脚不要乱动。
  Nǐ kěyǐ kàn, kěyǐ tīng, dàn shǒujiǎo bù yào luàndòng.
  Hear and see and be still.
• 他撞车是因为有人在刹车上做了手脚。
  Tā zhuàngchē shì yīnwèi yǒurén zài shāchē shàng zuò le shǒujiǎo.
  He crashed his car because someone tampered with the brakes.

Words starting with 手脚

• 手脚不干净shǒu jiǎo bù gān jìngthieving; light-fingered; prone to stealing

Words containing 手脚

• 做手脚zuò shǒu jiǎoto manipulate dishonestly; to tamper with sth
• 动手脚dòng shǒu jiǎo(colloquial) to tamper with; to mess around with
• 放开手脚fàng kāi shǒu jiǎoto have free rein (idiom)
• 自缚手脚zì fù shǒu jiǎoto bind oneself hand and foot