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Meaning of 踵

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Pinyin: zhǒng
English Definition: to arrive; to follow; heel
Chinese Definition:
①脚后跟:举踵。接踵而至。
②走到:踵见(常去相见)。踵谢。踵门相告。
③追随,继承:踵继。踵武(跟着别人的脚印走,喻继承前人的事业或是效法前人)。踵事增华(指继承前人的事业并更加发展)。
Total strokes: 16; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (foot) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ ] foot; to attain, to satisfy; enough
    • [ zhòng ] heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
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Example Words
摩肩接踵 jiān jiē zhǒng lit. rubbing shoulders and following in each other's footsteps; a thronging crowd
接踵 jiē zhǒng to follow on sb's heels
摩顶放踵 dǐng fàng zhǒng to rub one's head and heels (idiom); to slave for the benefit of others; to wear oneself out for the general good
接踵而至 jiē zhǒng ér zhì to come one after another (idiom)
接踵而来 jiē zhǒng ér lái to come one after the other
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Example Sentences
1
Slowly lower your heel to the ground.
2
Raise the heel of the leg you are balancing on off the ground until your foot is fully extended.
3
"His Achilles' heel is the spending and that's what ultimately will catch up with him," said Republican strategist Scott Reed.
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I honestly think that this is going to be Silverlight' s Achilles' heel!
5
We will need to ensure that those same technological innovations that provide advantage do not become our Achilles heel.