挖墙脚 挖牆腳

挖

• 挖掘 wā jué ㄨㄚ ㄐㄩㄝˊ waat3 gwat6 to excavate; (lit and fig.) to unearth; to dig into
• 挖苦 wā kǔ ㄨㄚ ㄎㄨˇ waa1 fu2 to speak sarcastically
• 挖坑 wā kēng ㄨㄚ ㄎㄥ waat3 haang1 to dig a hole
• 挖坟 挖墳 wā fén ㄨㄚ ㄈㄣˊ waat3 fan4 to dig a grave
• 挖掉 wā diào ㄨㄚ ㄉㄧㄠˋ waat3 diu6 to dig out

墙 牆

• 围墙 圍牆 wéi qiáng ㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄧㄤˊ wai4 coeng4 perimeter wall
• 城墙 城牆 chéng qiáng ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄤˊ sing4 coeng4 city wall
• 墙壁 牆壁 qiáng bì ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄧˋ coeng4 bik1 wall
• 墙角 牆角 qiáng jiǎo ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ coeng4 gok3 corner (junction of two walls)
• 防火墙 防火牆 fáng huǒ qiáng ㄈㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄑㄧㄤˊ fong4 fo2 coeng4 firewall

脚 腳

• 手脚 手腳 shǒu jiǎo ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ sau2 goek3 hand and foot
• 脚印 腳印 jiǎo yìn ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄣˋ goek3 jan3 footprint
• 脚本 腳本 jiǎo běn ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄣˇ goek3 bun2 script; screenplay; scenario; libretto
• 脚步 腳步 jiǎo bù ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ goek3 bou6 footstep
• 脚踏车 腳踏車 jiǎo tà chē ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄚˋ ㄔㄜ goek3 daap6 ce1 (Tw) bicycle; bike

• 挖空心思 wā kōng xīn si ㄨㄚ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ ˙ㄙ waat3 hung1 sam1 si1 to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer
• 挖肉补疮 挖肉補瘡 wā ròu bǔ chuāng ㄨㄚ ㄖㄡˋ ㄅㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄤ waat3 juk6 bou2 cong1 to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient

• 隔墙有耳 隔牆有耳 gé qiáng yǒu ěr ㄍㄜˊ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄦˇ gaak3 coeng4 jau5 ji5 the walls have ears (idiom)
• 狗急跳墙 狗急跳牆 gǒu jí tiào qiáng ㄍㄡˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ gau2 gap1 tiu3 coeng4 a cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom)
• 红杏出墙 紅杏出牆 hóng xìng chū qiáng ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄔㄨ ㄑㄧㄤˊ hung4 hang6 ceot1 coeng4 lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom)

• 碍手碍脚 礙手礙腳 ài shǒu ài jiǎo ㄞˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ngoi6 sau2 ngoi6 goek3 (idiom) to be in the way; to be a hindrance
• 搬砖砸脚 搬磚砸腳 bān zhuān zá jiǎo ㄅㄢ ㄓㄨㄢ ㄗㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ bun1 zyun1 zaap3 goek3 to hurt oneself by one's own doing
• 大手大脚 大手大腳 dà shǒu dà jiǎo ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ daai6 sau2 daai6 goek3 extravagant (idiom); to throw away money by the handful