大手大脚

Traditional: 大手大腳

dà shǒu dà jiǎo

Dictionary entry

extravagant (idiom); to throw away money by the handful

What does 大手大脚 mean?

大手大脚 (dà shǒu dà jiǎo) has the following dictionary meaning.

1extravagant (idiom); to throw away money by the handful

2wasteful

Character breakdown

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大dàbig; large; great · older (than another person)手shǒuhand · (formal) to hold 脚jiǎofoot · leg (of an animal or an object)

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大手大脚

dà shǒu dà jiǎo

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