手足

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	foot; to be sufficient
simp. and trad. (手足)		手	足

手足

(literally) hands and feet
(figuratively, literary) parts of the same body; people who are inseparable or intimately connected
(figuratively) brothers
(figuratively) accomplices; retinue; henchmen

Dialectal synonyms of 兄弟 (“brothers”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		兄弟、手足、昆仲、昆季
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		兄弟
Mandarin	Beijing	哥兒、弟兄
	Taiwan	兄弟
	Jinan	弟兄、弟兄們、兄弟
	Xi'an	弟兄
	Wuhan	弟兄、兄弟
	Chengdu	弟兄
	Yangzhou	弟兄
	Hefei	弟兄、兄弟
Cantonese	Guangzhou	兄弟
	Hong Kong	兄弟
	Taishan	兄弟
Gan	Nanchang	兄弟
Hakka	Meixian	兄弟
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	兄弟
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	兄弟
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	兄弟
	Dongshi (Dabu)	兄弟
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	兄弟
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	兄弟
Jin	Taiyuan	弟兄、兄弟
Min Bei	Jian'ou	兄弟
Min Dong	Fuzhou	兄弟、兄弟哥
Min Dong	Matsu	兄弟哥
Min Nan	Xiamen	兄弟
	Quanzhou	兄弟
	Zhangzhou	兄弟
	Taipei	兄弟
	Kaohsiung	兄弟
	Tainan	兄弟
	Taichung	兄弟仔
	Hsinchu	兄弟仔
	Lukang	兄弟
	Sanxia	兄弟
	Yilan	兄弟
	Kinmen	兄弟
	Magong	兄弟
	Philippines (Manila)	兄弟、兄弟仔
	Chaozhou	兄弟
Wu	Suzhou	弟兄
Wu	Wenzhou	兄弟
Xiang	Changsha	弟兄、兄弟
Xiang	Shuangfeng	弟兄、兄弟

手足 (hiragana てあし, rōmaji teashi)

hands and feet, arms and legs, limbs
someone who waits on hand and foot or is at someone's beck and call
社 (しゃ)長 (ちょう)の手足 (てあし)となって働 (はたら)きます。
Shachō no teashi to natte hatarakimasu.
In my work I wait on the president hand and foot.

Hanja in this term
手	足

手足 • (sujok) (hangeul 수족)

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