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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 削足適履 [ㄒㄩㄝ ㄗㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄌㄩˇ; xue1 zu2 shi4 lu:3]
 to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed)
 impractical or inelegant solution
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