to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom); realistic without flights of fancy; steady and serious character
trad. 腳踏實地
Also written 腳踏實地【jiǎo tà shí dì】
Characters in this word
4脚
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foot, leg (of an animal or an object), base (of an object), CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1], classifier for kicks
- Pinyin
- jiǎo
- Traditional
- 腳
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 1591 of 2500
踏
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see 踏實|踏实[ta1 shi5]
- Pinyin
- tā
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 15594 of 2500
实
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real, true, honest, really, solid, fruit, seed, definitely
- Pinyin
- shí
- Traditional
- 實
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 25174 of 2500
地
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-ly, structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- Pinyin
- de
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 271 of 2500