- to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom); realistic without flights of fancy
- steady and serious character
Characters
- 脚 (腳): foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]; classifier for kicks
- 踏 (踏): see 踏實|踏实[ta1 shi5]
- 实 (實): real; true; honest; really; solid; fruit; seed; definitely
- 地 (地): -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
Resources
- Wiktionary: 脚踏实地
- MDBG: 脚踏实地
- Examples with 脚踏实地 on Tatoeba
Examples
我是个脚踏实地的人。