削足適履

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See also: 削足适履

Chinese

to reduce; to pare (away); to cut (down)
to reduce; to pare (away); to cut (down); to scrape
 
foot; to be sufficient to fit; to suit shoe; to tread on
trad. (削足適履)
simp. (削足适履)
Literally: “slice off one's foot so that it will fit inside a shoe”.

Pronunciation


Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 削足適履

  1. to force an impractical solution to a problem