七手八腳
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Chinese[edit]
seven | hand; convenient; ‑er | eight | role; foot; base | ||
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trad. (七手八腳) | 七 | 手 | 八 | 腳 | |
simp. (七手八脚) | 七 | 手 | 八 | 脚 | |
alternative forms | 七手八跤 Min Nan | ||||
Literally: “seven hands, eight feet”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
七手八腳
- with many people lending a hand; chaotically
Derived terms[edit]
- 螃蟹過河——七手八腳/螃蟹过河——七手八脚 (pángxiè guò hé, qīshǒubājiǎo)
References[edit]
- 周长楫 [Zhou, Changji], editor (2006), “七…八…”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN (in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, page 586.
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