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食指
shí​zhǐ

index finger

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  • 食指大动 shí​zhǐ​dà​dòng to have an omen of delicious food
    To have a premonition that one is about to eat something delicious, based on the historical anecdote of a twitching index finger
  • 食指浩繁 shí​zhǐ​hào​fán many mouths to feed
    a large family with many people to support