- to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands
- to criticize or give orders summarily
- also written 指手畫腳|指手画脚
Characters
- 指 (指): finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- 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]
- 划 (划): to row; to paddle; profitable; worth (the effort); it pays (to do sth)
- 脚 (腳): foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]; classifier for kicks
Resources
- Wiktionary: 指手划脚
- MDBG: 指手划脚
- Examples with 指手划脚 on Tatoeba
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