抱佛腳
bào​fó​jiǎo

to make a last-minute effort

  • created reference approved 抱佛脚/抱佛腳 → 平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚/平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳 (abbreviation) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    抱佛脚 / 抱佛腳 bào​fó​jiǎo

    平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚 / 平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳 píng​shí​bù​shāo​xiāng​lín​shí​bào​fó​jiǎo

    abbreviation

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 抱佛脚/抱佛腳 · bào​fó​jiǎo · to make a last-minute effort — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    抱佛脚 / 抱佛腳

    bào​fó​jiǎo

    to make a last-minute effort

    To scramble to make up for a lack of preparation or make a frantic, last-ditch effort; often used in the context of cramming for an exam.

    抱, 佛脚

    抱 (literal) → 抱 · bào · to hold 佛 (literal) → 佛 · fó · Buddha 脚 (literal) → 脚/腳 · jiǎo · base

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

    created sense