指手划脚
Traditional form:
指手劃腳
Pinyin (reading):
zhǐshǒuhuàjiǎo
Definitions:
- to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands
- to criticize or give orders summarily
- also written 指手畫腳／指手画脚
Characters:
- 指 - finger, toe; to point, to indicate
- 手 - hand
- 划 - to row or paddle a boat; to scratch; to plan; profitable
- 脚 - leg, foot; foundation, base
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