脚踏实地 meaning in English

jiǎotàshídì

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

Traditional 腳踏實地40 strokes

Meaning of 脚踏实地

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

脚踏实地 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ是shì个gè脚jiǎo踏tà实shí地dì的de人rén。
I have my feet firmly planted on the ground.

Stroke order for each character

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脚 jiǎo · foot · 11 strokes

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踏 tà · to tread · 15 strokes

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实 shí · real · 8 strokes

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地 de · -ly · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 脚踏实地.

地方dìfangregion; regional (away from the central administration)
地上dìshangon the ground; on the floor
地点dìdiǎnplace; site
地图dìtúmap
地球dìqiúthe earth
实在shízàireally; actually
实现shíxiànto achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about
实际shíjìreality; practice
地铁dìtiěunderground railway; subway; subway train
草地cǎodìlawn; meadow
实习shíxíto practice; field work
外地wàidìparts of the country other than where one is

Questions about 脚踏实地

What does 脚踏实地 mean?

脚踏实地 (jiǎotàshídì) means "to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom); realistic without flights of fancy; steady and serious character".

How do you write 脚踏实地?

脚踏实地 is made of 4 characters: 脚 (11 strokes), 踏 (15 strokes), 实 (8 strokes), 地 (6 strokes). That is 40 strokes in total.

How is 脚踏实地 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 脚踏实地 is written 腳踏實地.