踵決肘見
zhǒng​jué​zhǒu​xiàn

to be in rags

  • created reference approved 踵决肘见/踵決肘見 → 捉襟见肘/捉襟見肘 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    踵决肘见 / 踵決肘見 zhǒng​jué​zhǒu​xiàn

    捉襟见肘 / 捉襟見肘 zhuō​jīn​jiàn​zhǒu

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 踵决肘见/踵決肘見 · zhǒng​jué​zhǒu​xiàn · to be in rags — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    踵决肘见 / 踵決肘見

    zhǒng​jué​zhǒu​xiàn

    to be in rags

    (literary) describes clothes and shoes that are worn-out and tattered, with heels showing through the shoes and elbows through the sleeves; very poor

    zhǒng​jué​zhǒu​jiàn

    踵 (literal) → 踵 · zhǒng · heel 决 (literal) → 决/決 · jué · to breach 肘 (literal) → 肘 · zhǒu · elbow 见 (literal) → 见/見 · xiàn · to appear

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

    created sense