缠足

纏足
chánzú
foot-binding

CEDICT

to bind one's feet

Wiktionary

旧时妇女用布帛紧裹双足，使之纤小，以为美观。缠足之风，始于五代，至宋朝大盛，遍及全国。《通俗常言疏证．妇女．缠足》引《墨庄漫录》：「妇人之缠足，传记皆无所出。惟齐东昏侯，有凿金为莲花，令潘妃行其上一事，而不言其足若何。惟唐镐咏李后主宫嫔窅娘诗云：『莲中花更好，雪裡月常新。』以此知扎脚自五代始也。」也作「缠脚」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 缠 chán
  1. to wind around
  2. to wrap round
  3. to coil
  4. tangle
  5. to involve
  6. to bother
  7. to annoy
2 足 zú
  1. (bound form) foot; leg
  2. sufficient; ample
  3. as much as; fully

Related entries

裹脚 guǒjiǎo
  1. foot-binding
  2. long strip of cloth used for foot-binding