削足適履
See also: 削足适履
Chinese
- 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) 削 足 適 履 simp. (削足适履) 削 足 适 履 Literally: “slice off one's foot so that it will fit inside a shoe”.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝ ㄗㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄌㄩˇ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuetzwushyhleu
- IPA (key): /ɕɥ̯œ⁵⁵ t͡su³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄌㄩˇ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehtzwushyhleu
- IPA (key): /ɕɥ̯œ⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
Idiom
削足適履
- to force an impractical solution to a problem
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