- 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
Characters
- 手 (手): 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]
- 舞 (舞): to dance; to wield; to brandish
- 足 (足): excessive
- 蹈 (蹈): to tread on; to trample; to stamp; to fulfill; Taiwan pr. [dao4]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 手舞足蹈
- MDBG: 手舞足蹈
- Examples with 手舞足蹈 on Tatoeba
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