shǒu​wǔ​zú​dǎo

to dance for joy

  • created sense approved 手舞足蹈 · shǒu​wǔ​zú​dǎo · to dance for joy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    手舞足蹈

    shǒu​wǔ​zú​dǎo

    to dance for joy

    to move one's hands and feet about in excitement; to dance with joy or gesture animatedly

    shǒu​wǔ​zú​dào

    手 (literal) → 手 · shǒu · hand 舞 (literal) → 舞 · wǔ · to dance 足 (literal) → 足 · zú · foot 蹈 (literal) → 蹈 · dǎo · to dance

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 手舞足蹈 · shǒu​wǔ​zú​dǎo · involuntary movements — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    手舞足蹈

    shǒu​wǔ​zú​dǎo

    involuntary movements

    involuntary movements of the limbs, typically as a clinical symptom in traditional Chinese medicine

    手 (literal) → 手 · shǒu · hand 舞 (literal) → 舞 · wǔ · to dance 足 (literal) → 足 · zú · foot 蹈 (literal) → 蹈 · dǎo · to dance

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

    created sense