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指手畫腳 (zi2 sau2 waak6 goek3) — to gesticulate while talking; to have an animated conversation in Cantonese

ziˊ²指sauˊ²手waakˍ₆畫goek˗₃腳
简 指手画脚
Mandarin Pinyin: zhi3 shou3 hua4 jiao3

Meaning of 指手畫腳

nounto gesticulate while talking; to have an animated conversation

Characters in 指手畫腳

指zi2
point to/at; refer to
手sau2
handy, portable; handwritten
畫waak6
delineate; mark; delimit
腳goek3
footnote; rhyme

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