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指手画脚

zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo

4-character word Traditional 指手畫腳

What 指手画脚 means

1. to gesticulate while talking (idiom)
2. to explain by waving one's hands
3. to criticize or give orders summarily

The characters in 指手画脚

• 指zhǐfinger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 画huàto draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划
• 脚jiǎofoot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object)

Example sentences

• 不要让她对你指手画脚。
  Bù yào ràng tā duì nǐ zhǐshǒuhuàjiǎo.
  Don't let yourself be bossed around by her.

Sounds the same

Read zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 指手划脚variant of 指手画脚