to gesticulate while talking (idiom) · to explain by waving one's hands · to criticize or give orders summarily

zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo

zh+ǐ·3rd tonesh+ǒu·3rd toneh+uà·4th tonej+iǎo·3rd tone

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