"lotus foot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lotus feet [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Chinese 蓮花腳/莲花脚 (liánhuājiǎo). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|zh|蓮花腳}} Calque of Chinese 蓮花腳/莲花脚 (liánhuājiǎo) Head templates: {{en-noun|lotus feet}} lotus foot (plural lotus feet)
  1. A foot whose shape has been altered by footbinding. Related terms: lotus shoe Translations (foot whose shape has been altered by footbinding): 蓮花腳 (Chinese Mandarin), 莲花脚 (liánhuājiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), lotusvoet [masculine] (Dutch), lootose-jalg (Estonian), lootusjalka (Finnish), pied bandé [masculine] (French), Lotosfuß [masculine] (German), шиаяқ (şiaäq) (Kazakh), лянхуа хөл (ljanxua xöl) (Mongolian), pé de lótus [masculine] (Portuguese), pie de loto [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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