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指手划脚 (指手劃腳)

zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo

Definition

  1. to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands
  2. to criticize or give orders summarily
  3. also written 指手畫腳|指手画脚

Character Decomposition

指
=
扌
+
旨
手
=
扌
+
？
划
=
戈
+
刂
脚
=
月
+
却

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