English | Chinese |
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horseshoe crab (arthropod) noun | 马蹄蟹 /mǎtíxiè/noun 鱟noun 鲎 /hòu/noun |
if the shoe fits, wear it (idiomatic) phrase | 對號入座phrase |
lotus shoe (specially shaped shoe used for footbinding) noun | 莲履 /liánlǚ/noun 蓮履noun |
put oneself in someone's shoes (look at a situation as if one were the other person) verb | 將心比心verb 換位思考verb 設身處地verb |
snowshoe [snowshoes] (flat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow) noun [UK: ˈsnoˌʃuː] [US: ˈsnoˌʃuː] | 雪鞋 /xuěxié/noun |
the shoemaker's children go barefoot (one often neglects those closest to oneself) phrase | 鞋匠儿子打赤脚 /xiéjiang érzi dǎ chìjiǎo/phrase 鞋匠兒子打赤腳phrase |
wait for the other shoe to drop (to await an undesirable inevitability) verb | 提心吊膽verb |