to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed); impractical or inelegant solution
trad. 削足適履
Also written 削足適履【xuē zú shì lǚ】
Characters in this word
4削
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to peel with a knife, to pare, to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
- Pinyin
- xiāo
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 22993 of 2500
足
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excessive
- Pinyin
- jù
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 12771 of 2500
适
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see 李适[Li3 Kuo4]
- Pinyin
- kuò
- Strokes
- 9
履
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shoe, to tread on
- Pinyin
- lǚ
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 33320 of 2500