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指手划脚

zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo

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Definitions

  1. 1. to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands
  2. 2. to criticize or give orders summarily
  3. 3. also written 指手畫腳|指手画脚