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  *手* | 手* | *手
hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只
HSK 1
cell phone; mobile phone / CL:
HSK 1
indirectly acquired / second-hand (information, equipment etc) / assistant
HSK 4
toilet / lavatory / washroom
HSK 1
singer
HSK 3
to shake hands
HSK 3
in hand / (a situation is) in sb's hands
HSK 4
method; way; means (of doing sth) / skill; ability / trick; wile
HSK 5
technique / trick / skill
HSK 5
to set about (a task) / to raise a hand to hit sb / to touch; to handle (typically used in cautioning sb *not* to touch sth)
HSK 5
HSK 2
procedure / CL: , 個|个 / formalities
HSK 3
to wave / to beckon
HSK 5
glove / mitten / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只
HSK 4
HSK 3
working hand; member of a work team; participant / the boss (short form of 第一把手)
HSK 7-9
to part company / to split up / to break up
HSK 4
opponent / rival / competitor / (well-matched) adversary / match
HSK 3
a skill / mastery of a trade / by oneself / without outside help
HSK 7-9
(surgical) operation / surgery / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
handwork / manual
HSK 4
to raise a hand / to put up one's hand (as signal)
HSK 2
arm / helper
HSK 7-9
athlete / contestant
HSK 3
to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest
HSK 7-9
on hand / at hand / one's financial situation
HSK 7-9
handle / grip / knob
HSK 7-9
palm
HSK 7-9
to dispose of / to spend (money) / to undertake a task
HSK 7-9
conveniently / without extra trouble / while doing it / in passing
HSK 4
wrist / trickery / finesse / ability / skill
HSK 7-9
murderer / assassin
HSK 6
lit. to join hands / to act together
HSK 6
assistant; helper
HSK 5
both hands
HSK 5
slider phone
one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise
HSK 6
to obtain / to master / overhand (serve etc) / seat of honor
manpower / staff / human hand
HSK 7-9
(idiom) (of a doctor) to effect a miracle cure
lit. to hide the sky with one hand / to hide the truth from the masses
lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom) / fig. to pay for what you want in cash / simple and direct transaction
to wave one's hand / to gesture with one's hand (beckoning, waving good-bye etc) / to swing one's arms
to begin (with ...) (typically used in a structure such as 從|从 + {noun} + 入手: "to begin with {noun}; to take {noun} as one's starting point") / to receive; to obtain; to buy
HSK 7-9
to do (sth) oneself / to help oneself to
clumsy / all thumbs
to take care of a matter all by oneself / to run the whole show
(idiom) sharp-eyed and adroit
handy / convenient and easy to use / smoothly
deputy leader / the second-in-command
to shake hands
to reach out with one's hand / to hold out a hand / (fig.) to beg / to get involved / to meddle
HSK 7-9
thorny (problem) / intractable
HSK 7-9
mariner / sailor / seaman
HSK 7-9
second-hand car
HSK 7-9
expert in / good at
HSK 7-9
expert / past master / dab hand
HSK 6
hands and feet / (fig.) brothers / retinue, henchmen, accomplices
(idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down; to find sth utterly irresistible
HSK 7-9
to get involved in / to meddle / interference
HSK 7-9
gesture; sign; signal
HSK 7-9
hand in hand / to join hands / to collaborate
HSK 7-9
Kuaishou, Chinese social video sharing app
(idiom) (to move or do sth) softly; quietly; gently
(hand)bag / hold-all
manual / manually operated / manual gear-change
HSK 7-9
no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
HSK 7-9
service charge / processing fee / commission
HSK 6
cart
pistol / CL:
HSK 7-9
lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me / Do not judge me too harshly. / Look favorably on my humble efforts.
to fight hand to hand
to swing one's arms / to wash one's hands of sth
to take over (duties etc) / catcher (baseball etc)
HSK 7-9
to showcase one's talents; to display one's prowess
craftmanship / workmanship / handicraft / trade
HSK 7-9
to go smoothly; to come off; to succeed
HSK 7-9
miraculous hands of a healer / highly skilled person / brilliant move in chess or weiqi (go) 圍棋|围棋
lit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job / entirely in one's element / going smoothly and easily
by fair means or foul / by hook or by crook / unscrupulously
right hand / right-hand side
(fig.) trump card
violinist; fiddler
hand grenade
to let go one's hold / to give up / to have a free hand
gunman / sharpshooter / sb who takes an exam for sb else / sb who produces a piece of work for sb else to pass off as their own
master / famous artist or sportsman
to write by hand
first-hand
HSK 7-9
iPhone
personally / with one's own hands
HSK 7-9
to take possession of / to get hold of
easily obtained / readily available
surgery
hand foot and mouth disease, HFMD, caused by a number of intestinal viruses, usually affecting young children
short of money / hard up
smartwatch
to deliberately withhold essential knowledge or skills as strategic insurance (typically to maintain leverage, avoid being replaced, or preserve authority in hierarchical relationships)
lit. to move one's hands and feet about (idiom) / fig. to dance about / to express one's feelings in body language / to gesture animatedly / (TCM) involuntary movements of the limbs

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