Word information
Simplified胼手胝足
Traditional胼手胝足
Pinyinpián shǒu zhī zú
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Chinese word dictionary
胼手胝足
pián shǒu zhī zú · lit. with calluses on hands and feet (idiom); fig. to work one's fingers to the bone
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