七手八脚 qī shǒu bā jiǎo — with many hands pitching in; bustled about together

七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo

Characters: 七 · 手 · 八 · 脚

Definitions

  1. with many hands pitching in; bustled about together

More definitions

CC-CEDICT

  1. (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)

zdic(汉典)

  1. 形容动作忙乱的样子。
  2. 众人一起动手的情形。
  3. 形容头绪繁杂。
  4. 形容手脚众多。

ExtDict

  1. 形容人多手杂，动作纷乱。

Examples

  • 大伙儿七手八脚，很快把摊子收拾好了。

    With everyone pitching in, they soon tidied up the stall.

  • 一听说有活干，邻居们七手八脚地来帮忙。

    Hearing there was work to do, the neighbors swarmed in to help.