diàn jiǎo shí

Traditional: 墊腳石

垫脚石 (diàn jiǎo shí) is a Chinese word meaning “stepping stone; fig. person used to advance one's career”.

Meanings

  1. 1stepping stone
  2. 2fig. person used to advance one's career

Characters in 垫脚石

垫diàn · pad脚jiǎo · foot石dàn · dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters

Related words

脚foot脚role (variant of 角[jue2])石头stone钻石diamond石dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters石rock石surname Shi石油oil垫pad岩石(geology) rock脚趾toe手脚hand and foot

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