临时抱佛脚

Traditional: 臨時抱佛腳

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Dictionary entry

(idiom) see 抱佛腳|抱佛脚[bao4 fo2 jiao3]

What does 临时抱佛脚 mean?

临时抱佛脚 (lín shí bào fó jiǎo) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(idiom) see 抱佛腳|抱佛脚[bao4 fo2 jiao3]

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临línto face · to overlook 时shíold variant of 時|时[shi2]抱bàoto hold · to carry (in one's arms)佛FóBuddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2 tuo2])脚jiǎofoot · leg (of an animal or an object)

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