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脚踏实地

jiǎo tà shí dì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 腳踏實地

脚踏实地 (jiǎo tà shí dì) means "to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom); realistic without flights of fancy; steady and serious characte". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 脚踏实地 means

1. to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom); realistic without flights of fancy
2. steady and serious character

The characters in 脚踏实地

• 脚jiǎofoot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object)
• 踏tàto tread; to stamp; to step on
• 实shíreal; true; honest
• 地dìearth; ground; field

Example sentences

• 我是个脚踏实地的人。
  Wǒ shì gè jiǎotàshídì de rén.
  I have my feet firmly planted on the ground.

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