汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 指手劃腳
指手劃腳 (指手划脚)
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
亦作"指手画脚"。 说话时做手势。多用于形容放肆或得意。 比喻乱加指点批评。
zhǐ shǒu () huà/huá () jiǎo/jué
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

我认为他不可以来此指手划脚

I don't think he can come here and boss everybody around.

我常常居高临下,傲视一切,在家里指手划脚

I often condescending, disdain for everything, gesticulating at home.

也就是说,不能指望妻子呆在家里相夫教子,忍受婆婆的指手划脚

Presumably that means not expecting a wife to stay home and put up with a meddling mother-in-law.

以眼还眼,以牙还牙,以手还手,以脚还脚。

Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

他一不小心被玻璃丝划破了手。

He accidentally cut his hand on the glass silk.

一个名为“饕餮客”的读者回复说,“天啊,人们干嘛对这单子指手划脚啊?如果你不喜欢这个排行,那你自己列一个嘛!我喜欢泰国菜和日本料理。”

Reader LoveFoods wrote, "OMG why are people hating? If you don't like the list, make your own! I love Thai and Japanese foods."

从头部至脚指,跑得更好。

Running better, from head to toe.

你眼不可顾惜,要以命偿命,以眼还眼,以牙还牙,以手还手,以脚还脚。

Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

他的脚指骨折了但很快就能痊愈。

His toe was broken but it's not taking too long to heal.

我该提起她如何用脚指扣板机吗?

Should I talk about the trigger and how she did it, with her toe?