胼手胝足

胼
手
胝
足
with callouses on hands and feet (idiom) / to work one's fingers to the bone
胼
手
胝
足
lit. with calluses on hands and feet (idiom) / fig. to work one's fingers to the bone

Characters and words in 胼手胝足

胼
pián = pi + an2
callous on hand or foot
胼
pián = pi + an2
used in 胼胝[pian2 zhi1]
手
shǒu = sh + ou3
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]
Mnemonic symbol: a baseball glove. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is trying out his new baseball glove (手) in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
胝
zhi̅ = zh + Ø1
callous
胝
zhi̅ = zh + Ø1
used in 胼胝[pian2 zhi1]
足
jù = ju + Ø4
excessive
足
zú = zu + Ø2
foot / to be sufficient / ample
足 = 龰 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a football. Zapatista Zebra (zu) wants to pimp his football (足) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He thinks that a few more vitamins wouldn't hurt, so he extracts the vitamins from a mandarin (口) with a syringe (龰) to inject them into his football.

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