敲釘鑽腳 qiāo dīng zuān jiǎo

to make doubly sure (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to make doubly sure (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
敲 qiāo HSK 4
to knock; to tap; to strike
釘 dīng
nail; variant of 盯dīng; to follow closely
鑽 zuān
to drill; to get into; to thread one's way through
腳 jiǎo
foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object)