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胼手胝足

pián shǒu zhī zú

4-character word

What 胼手胝足 means

1. lit. with calluses on hands and feet (idiom)
2. fig. to work one's fingers to the bone

The characters in 胼手胝足

• 胼piánused in 胼胝
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 胝zhīused in 胼胝
• 足zú(bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully

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