七手八脚 qī shǒu bā jiǎo

everyone helping at once; busy and chaotic

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)

Characters

Character Meaning
七 qī HSK 1
seven; 7
手 shǒu HSK 2
hand; personal(ly); person engaged in certain types of work
八 bā HSK 1
eight; 8
脚 jiǎo HSK 3
foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object)