捉襟见肘(zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒu): lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom)
4 charactersTrad. 捉襟見肘
lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom)
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒu
- Meaning
- lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom)
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 捉襟見肘
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