截趾适屦
jié​zhǐ​shì​jù

to cut the toes to fit the shoes

  • created sense approved 截趾适屦/截趾適屨 · jié​zhǐ​shì​jù · to cut the toes to fit the shoes — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    截趾适屦 / 截趾適屨

    jié​zhǐ​shì​jù

    to cut the toes to fit the shoes

    to cut the toes to fit the shoes; to use unrealistic or artificial means to force something to fit; to act with unreasonable flexibility or take narrow-minded measures

    截 (literal) → 截 · jié · to cut off 趾 (literal) → 趾 · zhǐ · toe 适 (literal) → 适/適 · shì · to fit 屦 (literal) → 屦/屨 · jù · sandals; to tread

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

    created sense