created reference approved 削足适履/削足適履 → 刻足适履/刻足適履 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
削足适履 / 削足適履 xuēzúshìlǚ
刻足适履 / 刻足適履 kèzúshìlǚ
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created reference approved 削足适履/削足適履 → 截趾适屦/截趾適屨 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
削足适履 / 削足適履 xuēzúshìlǚ
截趾适屦 / 截趾適屨 jiézhǐshìjù
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created reference approved 削足适履/削足適履 → 削趾适屦/削趾適屨 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
削足适履 / 削足適履 xuēzúshìlǚ
削趾适屦 / 削趾適屨 xuēzhǐshìjù
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created reference approved 削足适履/削足適履 → 削足就履 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
削足适履 / 削足適履 xuēzúshìlǚ
削足就履 xuēzújiùlǚ
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created reference approved 削足适履/削足適履 → 刖趾适屦/刖趾適屨 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
削足适履 / 削足適履 xuēzúshìlǚ
刖趾适屦 / 刖趾適屨 yuèzhǐshìjù
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created reference approved 削足适履/削足適履 → 刖足适屦/刖足適屨 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
削足适履 / 削足適履 xuēzúshìlǚ
刖足适屦 / 刖足適屨 yuèzúshìjù
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created reference approved 削足适履/削足適履 → 因噎废食/因噎廢食 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
削足适履 / 削足適履 xuēzúshìlǚ
因噎废食 / 因噎廢食 yīnyēfèishí
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created sense approved 削足适履/削足適履 · xuēzúshìlǚ · to cut the feet to fit the shoes — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
削足适履 / 削足適履
xuēzúshìlǚ
to cut the feet to fit the shoes
To force something to fit an unsuitable situation by using unnatural or impractical means; to use a forced or inelegant solution; to be inflexible or follow rules blindly without regard for reality.
xuèzúshìlǚ
削 (literal) → 削 · xuē · to pare 足 (literal) → 足 · zú · foot 适 (literal) → 适/適 · shì · to fit 履 (literal) → 履 · lǚ · shoe
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition