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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
to raise a hand / to put up one's hand (as signal)
HSK 2
to shake hands
HSK 3
athlete / contestant
HSK 3
opponent / rival / competitor / (well-matched) adversary / match
HSK 3
singer
HSK 3
indirectly acquired / second-hand (information, equipment etc) / assistant
HSK 4
to part company / to split up / to break up
HSK 4
conveniently / without extra trouble / while doing it / in passing
HSK 4
assistant; helper
HSK 5
both hands
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
to wave / to beckon
HSK 5
one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise
HSK 6
murderer / assassin
HSK 6
lit. to join hands / to act together
HSK 6
expert / past master / dab hand
HSK 6
to reach out with one's hand / to hold out a hand / (fig.) to beg / to get involved / to meddle
HSK 7-9
new hand / novice / raw recruit
HSK 7-9
killer / murderer / hit man / (sports) formidable player
HSK 7-9
to dispose of / to spend (money) / to undertake a task
HSK 7-9
to take over (duties etc) / catcher (baseball etc)
HSK 7-9
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 start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest
HSK 7-9
a skill / mastery of a trade / by oneself / without outside help
HSK 7-9
handle / grip / knob
HSK 7-9
manpower / staff / human hand
HSK 7-9
to get involved in / to meddle / interference
HSK 7-9
mariner / sailor / seaman
HSK 7-9
personally / with one's own hands
HSK 7-9
working hand; member of a work team; participant / the boss (short form of 第一把手)
HSK 7-9
to put one's hand to it / to start out on a task / to set out
HSK 7-9
as an incidental action while doing sth else; while one is at it; in passing / smooth; easy; without difficulty
HSK 7-9
to go smoothly; to come off; to succeed
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down; to find sth utterly irresistible
HSK 7-9
(fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand / (Tw) mechanic / blue-collar worker / manual laborer
HSK 7-9
thorny (problem) / intractable
HSK 7-9
expert in / good at
HSK 7-9
hand in hand / to join hands / to collaborate
HSK 7-9
helmsman
HSK 7-9
first-hand
HSK 7-9
Please do not be too severe on me!
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
executioner / headsman / slaughterer / fig. indiscriminate murderer
drummer
guitar player
to wave (one's hand)
suicide bomber
tentacle
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to deliberately withhold essential knowledge or skills as strategic insurance (typically to maintain leverage, avoid being replaced, or preserve authority in hierarchical relationships)
to take over (a lease, shop or business from the previous tenant) (originally Cantonese)
to desist / to stop / to stay one's hand
archer / shooter / marksman / (football etc) striker
to let go of sth / to give up
dynamiter
experienced person / an old hand at sth
V sign (hand gesture)
handrail / armrest
to do the job oneself
to obtain / to master / overhand (serve etc) / seat of honor
a flag carrier (army) / ensign
to shake hands
to set about (doing sth)
chess player
expert
thrower / pitcher / bowler
right hand / right-hand side
to have one's hands tied / helpless / unable to do anything about it
defensive position (in chess) / room for maneuver; a way of escape
starting point / mechanical hand / gripper
horse rider / equestrian / jockey / bike rider
(ball sports) player
hunter
spanner / wrench / lever (on a machine)
to relinquish one's grip / to let go
skillful hands / dexterous / a dab hand
to hold hands
(sports) member of the national team / national representative / (medicine, chess etc) one of the most highly skilled practitioners in one's country
to hold hands / to shake hands
a handle / to pull on a handle
opponent / substantial adversary / worthy match / antagonist / in the enemy's hands
lit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job / entirely in one's element / going smoothly and easily
not know where to start
to swing one's arms / to wash one's hands of sth
(not of regular commerce) to sell or dispose of (goods etc) / to get rid of / to unload
to turn a hand over / to put one's hand behind one's back / fig. easily done
expert / professional
(sports) draw / tie
assistance; a helping hand / to lend a hand
to fight hand to hand
one hand / single-handed
deadly blow / vicious attack / treacherous assault
with bare hands / unarmed / fighting hand-to-hand / freehand (drawing)
instrumental performer
to throw up one's hands / to loosen one's grip; to let go
promoter / advocate / driving force / pushing hands (two-person training routine esp. in t'ai chi)
to wash one's hands / to go to the toilet
divine physician / sage doctor / highly skilled practitioner
miraculous hands of a healer / highly skilled person / brilliant move in chess or weiqi (go) 圍棋|围棋

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