脚踏实地 jiǎo tà shí dì

practical and down-to-earth; steady and serious

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 21200th word

Definitions

  1. 1. to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom); realistic without flights of fancy
  2. 2. steady and serious character

Characters

Character Meaning
脚 jiǎo HSK 3
foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object)
踏 tà HSK 6
to step on; to tread; to stamp
实 shí HSK 3
real; true; really
地 dì HSK 3
ground; land; adverb marker -ly