比手畫腳

Chinese

 
side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio
hand; convenient; ‑er draw; picture; painting role; foot; base
trad. (比手畫腳)
simp. (比手画脚)
variant forms 比手劃腳比手划脚

Pronunciation


Idiom

比手畫腳

  1. to use movement of either the hands or of some other body limb in order to supplement that which can not be expressed in words; to use sign language; to communicate by using hand gestures
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