脚正不怕鞋歪

Traditional: 腳正不怕鞋歪

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Dictionary entry

lit. a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe

What does 脚正不怕鞋歪 mean?

脚正不怕鞋歪 (jiǎo zhèng bù pà xié wāi) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe

2an upright man is not afraid of gossip (idiom)

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脚jiǎofoot · leg (of an animal or an object)正zhēngfirst month of the lunar year 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-怕Pàsurname Pa 鞋xiéshoe · CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]歪wāiaskew · at a crooked angle

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