比手画脚

比手畫腳
bǐshǒuhuàjiǎo
  1. to gesticulate
  2. to make lively gestures (while talking)
  3. also written 比手划脚

CEDICT

to use movement of either the hands or of some other body limb in order to supplement that which can not be expressed in words; to use sign language; to communicate by using hand gestures

Wiktionary

以手脚比画，帮助意思的表达，以求对方了解。

重編國語辭典

以手势沟通，帮助意思的表达，以求对方了解

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 比 bǐ
  1. to compare
  2. (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}
  3. ratio
  4. to gesture
  5. (Taiwan pr. bì in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
2 手 shǒu
  1. hand
  2. (formal) to hold
  3. person engaged in certain types of work
  4. person skilled in certain types of work
  5. personal(ly)
  6. convenient
  7. classifier for skill

classifiers: 雙, 隻
3 画 huà
  1. to draw; to paint
  2. to draw (a line) (variant of 划 huà)
  3. stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划 huà)
  4. (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划 huà)

classifiers: 幅, 張
4 脚 jiǎo
  1. foot
  2. leg (of an animal or an object)
  3. base (of an object)
  4. classifier for kicks

classifiers: 雙, 隻

Related entries

指指点点 zhǐzhǐdiǎndiǎn
  1. to gesticulate
  2. to point out
  3. to point the finger of blame
揶 yé
  1. to gesticulate
  2. to play antics
比手划脚 bǐshǒuhuàjiǎo
  1. to gesticulate
  2. to make lively gestures (while talking)
  3. also written 比手画脚
比划 bǐhua
  1. to gesture
  2. to gesticulate
  3. to practice the moves of a martial art by imitating the teacher
  4. to fight
  5. to come to blows