指手画脚
zhǐ​shǒu​huà​jiǎo HSK7

boss around

指手画脚 (指手畫腳) zhǐ​shǒu​huà​jiǎo
boss around idiom
to criticize or give orders summarily; to meddle or point fingers

我不需要你对我的工作指手画脚。

wǒ bù xū​yào nǐ duì wǒ de gōng​zuò zhǐ​shǒu​huà​jiǎo.

I don't need you to tell me how to do my job.

gesticulate idiom
to gesticulate while talking or explain something by waving one's hands

他一边兴奋地讲着故事，一边指手画脚。

tā yī​biān xīng​fèn de jiǎng zhe gù​shi, yī​biān zhǐ​shǒu​huà​jiǎo.

He gesticulated wildly as he excitedly told the story.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
3.76 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
1.11 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Cross-References

Same as

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)