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削soek3足zuk1適sik1履lei5

simp削足适履
soek3 zuk1 sik1 lei5xuē zú shì lǚ

English

  1. to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed)
  2. impractical or inelegant solution
  3. to force an impractical solution to a problem; literally: to slice off the foot in order to fit inside a shoe

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 削細隻腳嚟到迎合鞋嘅尺寸,比喻勉強套用

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Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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