缩手缩脚

缩
縮
手
手
缩
縮
脚
腳
bound hand and foot (idiom); constrained

Characters and words in 缩手缩脚

缩
縮
suo̅ = su + o1
to withdraw / to pull back / to contract / to shrink / to reduce / abbreviation / also pr. [su4]
缩 = 宿 + 纟 : The silk worm (纟) heard that there is a new hostel (宿) in front of the observatory (o1) and wants to check it out, but as she notices that the hostel is run by Susan Saint Bernard she slowly but steadily retreats (缩).
手
shǒu = sh + ou3
hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
Mnemonic symbol: a baseball glove. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is trying out his new baseball glove (手) in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
脚
腳
jiǎo = ji + ao3
foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] / classifier for kicks
脚 = 却 + 月 : In the aorta Joan of Arc wanted to play a prank on the moon and kick him in the ass while he's inattentive for a second, but when she kicked him she just hurt her foot, and the moon didn't even notice. Silently, she retreats for now, limping on her hurt foot.
脚
腳
jué = ju + e2
variant of 角[jue2] / role

Words with 缩手缩脚

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Sentences with 缩手缩脚

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