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Definition(s) for: 手舞足蹈

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
手舞足蹈 shǒu wǔ zú dǎo - lit. to move one's hands and feet about (idiom)
- fig. to dance about
- to express one's feelings in body language
- to gesture animatedly
- (TCM) involuntary movements of the limbs

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 22,744 32,113 24,579

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shǒu- hand
- (formal) to hold
- person engaged in certain types of work
- person skilled in certain types of work
- personal(ly)
- convenient
- classifier for skill
- CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- to dance
- to wield
- to brandish
- excessive
- (bound form) foot; leg
- sufficient; ample
- as much as; fully
dǎo- to tread on
- to trample
- to stamp
- to fulfill
- Taiwan pr. [dao4]

Other Words Containing 手舞足蹈

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
手舞足蹈 - - 22,744 32,113 24,579