削足適履

See also: 削足适履

Chinese
 
to reduce; to pare (away); to cut (down); to scrape
 foot; to be sufficient to fit; to suit shoe; to tread on
trad. (削足適履) 削 足 適 履
simp. (削足适履) 削 足 适 履
Literally: “slice off one's foot so that it will fit inside a shoe”.

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xuēzúshìlǚ, xuèzúshìlǚ
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝ ㄗㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄌㄩˇ, ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄌㄩˇ

Idiom

削足適履

  1. to force an impractical solution to a problem
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