{"path":"/entry/14207","title":"削足适履 / 削足適履 (xuē zú shì lǚ) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"削足适履 / 削足適履 (xuē zú shì lǚ): to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom) · to force something to fit (as to a Procrustean bed). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":14207,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["削足适履"],"TRADITIONAL":["削足適履"]}},"phonetic":"xuē zú shì lǚ","phoneticKey":"xue1 zu2 shi4 lu:3","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to cut the feet to fit the shoes ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to force something to fit ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(as to a Procrustean bed)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"impractical or inelegant solution","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB","ADJECTIVE"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":"to slice off one's foot so that it will fit inside a shoe","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From Huainanzi, Volume 17","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"夫所以养而害所养，譬犹削足而适履，杀头而便冠。","traditional":"夫所以養而害所養，譬猶削足而適履，殺頭而便冠。"},"phonetic":"Fú suǒyǐ yǎng ér hài suǒ yǎng, pìyóu xuē zú ér shì lǚ, shā tóu ér biàn guàn.","english":"If a man damages his health trying to obtain things used to preserve his health, this is somewhat the same as cutting one's feet to fit the shoes, or chopping one's head in order to wear a hat more comfortably.","ref":"Huainanzi, 2ⁿᵈ century BCE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}