桩脚 Traditional form: 樁腳 Pinyin (reading): zhuāngjiǎo Definitions: pier foundation (architecture) (Tw) politically influential figure enlisted to support one side in an election Characters: 桩 - stake, post; matter, affair 脚 - leg, foot; foundation, base Traditional characters: 樁 - stake, post; matter, affair 腳 - leg, foot; foundation, base