大脚 (dà jiǎo) — (historical) unbound feet; a woman with natural-sized feet (as opposed to bound feet)
Definition
A historical term for women whose feet were NOT bound — 'natural feet', as opposed to the tiny 裹脚 of the foot-binding era. It was often used as a plain, sometimes mocking, everyday label.
noun
(historical) unbound feeta woman with natural-sized feet (as opposed to bound feet)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- ，大脚，。Zài jiù shè huì, hěn duō nóng cūn fù nǚ dōu shì dà jiǎo, yīn wèi tā men xū yào xià dì gàn huó.In old society, many rural women had unbound feet because they needed to work in the fields.
- ，大脚。Nǎi nai shuō, tā xiǎo shí hou dà jiǎo de nǚ rén cháng bèi rén cháo xiào.Grandma said that when she was young, women with natural feet were often laughed at.
- 大脚，。Guān yú dà jiǎo de lì shǐ, wǒ shì zài bó wù guǎn lǐ liǎo jiě dào de.I learned about the history of unbound feet at the museum.
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