指手画脚

zhǐshǒu-huàjiǎo

to gesticulate; to criticize or order others around

HSK 3.0 word list · Band 7trad. 指手畫腳
Dictionary entry

to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands; to criticize or give orders summarily

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指
手
画
脚

See it in sentences

别对我指手画脚。

Bié duì wǒ zhǐshǒu-huàjiǎo.

English

Stop bossing me around.

谁在背后指手画脚？

Shéi zài bèihòu zhǐshǒu-huàjiǎo?

English

Who is criticizing from the sidelines?

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指
手
画
脚

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