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削足適履
削足適履
See also: 削足适履
Chinese
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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”. |}
Idiom
削足適履
- to force an impractical solution to a problem