noun
Meaning 1
A foot whose shape has been altered by footbinding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
lotus foot
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History
Etymology
Calque of Chinese 蓮花腳 /莲花脚 (liánhuājiǎo).
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 蓮花腳 /莲花脚 (liánhuājiǎo) — foot whose shape has been altered by footbinding
- Dutch: lotusvoet — foot whose shape has been altered by footbinding
- Estonian: lootose-jalg — foot whose shape has been altered by footbinding
- Finnish: lootusjalka — foot whose shape has been altered by footbinding
- French: pied bandé — foot whose shape has been altered by footbinding
- German: Lotosfuß — foot whose shape has been altered by footbinding
- Kazakh: шиаяқ (şiaäq) — foot whose shape has been altered by footbinding
- Mongolian: лянхуа хөл (ljanxua xöl) — foot whose shape has been altered by footbinding
- Portuguese: pé de lótus — foot whose shape has been altered by footbinding
- Spanish: pie de loto — foot whose shape has been altered by footbinding