抓住渔船当鞋穿,大手大脚 抓住漁船當鞋穿,大手大腳 抓住漁船當鞋穿,大手大腳

grabbing a fishing boat and wearing it as a shoe: big hands and big feet

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning
Describes someone who spends money or uses things extravagantly and without restraint. Mildly critical.
Wordplay
大手大脚 (dàshǒu dàjiǎo) literally means 'big hands and big feet', fitting the oversized 'shoe', and figuratively means being wasteful with money.
Simplified
抓住渔船当鞋穿,大手大脚
Traditional (Taiwan)
抓住漁船當鞋穿,大手大腳
Pinyin
zhuāzhù yúchuán dàng xié chuān, dàshǒudàjiǎo
Pinyin (Taiwan)
zhuāzhù yúchuán dāng xié chuān, dàshǒudàjiǎo
Bopomofo
ㄓㄨㄚ ㄓㄨˋ ㄩˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄉㄤ ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄔㄨㄢ,ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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