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楦头
xuàn​tou

shoe last or hat block

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  • 搬楦头 bān​xuàn​tou to expose shameful secrets
    (idiom) to expose or reveal shameful secrets; literally to move the shoe trees out (from a shoemaker's workshop) to show them all at once
  • 鞋楦头 xié​xuàn​tóu shoe tree
    device placed inside a shoe to preserve its shape and prevent it from developing wrinkles
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