削足就履
xuē​zú​jiù​lǚ

to cut the feet to fit the shoes

  • created sense approved 削足就履 · xuē​zú​jiù​lǚ · to cut the feet to fit the shoes — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    削足就履

    xuē​zú​jiù​lǚ

    to cut the feet to fit the shoes

    to use artificial or impractical measures to solve a problem; to act with unreasonable rigidity

    削 (bound) → 削 · xuē · to pare 足 (bound) → 足 · zú · foot 就 (bound) → 就 · jiù · to accommodate 履 (bound) → 履 · lǚ · shoe

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense