抱佛脚(bào fó jiǎo): (fig.) to scramble to make up for a lack of preparation
3 charactersTrad. 抱佛腳
(fig.) to scramble to make up for a lack of preparation
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- bào fó jiǎo
- Meaning
- (fig.) to scramble to make up for a lack of preparation; to make a frantic, last-ditch effort; to cram for an exam (cf. 平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳|平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚[ping2 shi2 bu4 shao1 xiang1 , lin2 shi2 bao4 fo2 jiao3])
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 3
- Traditional
- 抱佛腳
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 抱佛脚 — tap one to open its word page.
bào抱yuàn怨
HSK 5to complain
bào抱qiàn歉
HSK 6to be sorry
huái怀bào抱
HSK 7-9to hug
bào抱fù负
HSK 7-9aspiration
zuǒ左yōng拥yòu右bào抱
(idiom) to have a girl on each arm
dǎ打bào抱bù不píng平
(idiom) to aid sb suffering an injustice; to fight for justice
tóu投huái怀sòng送bào抱
to throw oneself in sb's arms
bào抱bù不píng平
to be outraged by an injustice (done to sb else)
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