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大脚

大腳
dàjiǎo
noun #9,583

Meanings

  1. 1 big foot
  2. 2 large feet

Examples

他的大脚穿不下这双鞋。
Tā de dàjiǎo chuān bùxià zhè shuāng xié.
His big feet can't fit into these shoes.
传说森林里有大脚怪。
Chuánshuō sēnlín lǐ yǒu dàjiǎo guài.
Legend says there's a Bigfoot in the forest.

Tips

history
In imperial China, 大脚 was notable because women were expected to have bound feet (缠足). Having 「big feet」 meant a woman had natural, unbound feet — a mark of lower class until foot-binding ended in the early 1900s.

In Pop Culture

马大脚 Mǎ Dàjiǎo
Empress Ma
wife of Ming dynasty founder — nicknamed 「Big Foot Ma」 for her unbound feet

Stroke Order

大 dà
脚 jiǎo