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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
opponent / rival / competitor / (well-matched) adversary / match
HSK 3
singer
HSK 3
athlete / contestant
HSK 3
to shake hands
HSK 3
indirectly acquired / second-hand (information, equipment etc) / assistant
HSK 4
conveniently / without extra trouble / while doing it / in passing
HSK 4
to part company / to split up / to break up
HSK 4
assistant; helper
HSK 5
to wave / to beckon
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
both hands
HSK 5
expert / past master / dab hand
HSK 6
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
personally / with one's own hands
HSK 7-9
handle / grip / knob
HSK 7-9
working hand; member of a work team; participant / the boss (short form of 第一把手)
HSK 7-9
to get involved in / to meddle / interference
HSK 7-9
to dispose of / to spend (money) / to undertake a task
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
killer / murderer / hit man / (sports) formidable player
HSK 7-9
a skill / mastery of a trade / by oneself / without outside help
HSK 7-9
manpower / staff / human hand
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
mariner / sailor / seaman
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
first-hand
HSK 7-9
expert in / good at
HSK 7-9
thorny (problem) / intractable
HSK 7-9
new hand / novice / raw recruit
HSK 7-9
(fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand / (Tw) mechanic / blue-collar worker / manual laborer
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
to go smoothly; to come off; to succeed
HSK 7-9
to reach out with one's hand / to hold out a hand / (fig.) to beg / to get involved / to meddle
HSK 7-9
to take over (duties etc) / catcher (baseball etc)
HSK 7-9
helmsman
HSK 7-9
to put one's hand to it / to start out on a task / to set out
HSK 7-9
hand in hand / to join hands / to collaborate
HSK 7-9
chess player
V sign (hand gesture)
to handle / convenient
player of a stringed instrument
archer / shooter / marksman / (football etc) striker
to shake hands
empty-handed / unarmed / (painting, embroidery etc) without following a model / (abbr. for 空手道) karate
writer / expert
to stop; to pull back
spanner / wrench / lever (on a machine)
manicure
pickpocket
miraculous hands of a healer / highly skilled person / brilliant move in chess or weiqi (go) 圍棋|围棋
instrumental performer
to put one's hand to sth / to set about / skillful hands / worker / writer
crossbow shooter
handrail / armrest
rower; oarsman
to wave the hand (to say goodbye, or in a negative gesture) / crank handle
to change hands
with a lightning move of the hand
to have one's hands tied / helpless / unable to do anything about it
to take possession of / to get hold of
right hand / right-hand side
one hand / single-handed
to swing one's arms / to wash one's hands of sth
to take over (a lease, shop or business from the previous tenant) (originally Cantonese)
to set about (doing sth)
catcher
to clap one's hands
tentacle
to obtain / to master / overhand (serve etc) / seat of honor
helper; assistant
to wave one's hand / to gesture with one's hand (beckoning, waving good-bye etc) / to swing one's arms
to wave (one's hand)
(sports) member of the national team / national representative / (medicine, chess etc) one of the most highly skilled practitioners in one's country
to act in a supporting role / fig. to play second fiddle
to fight hand to 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
to wash one's hands / to go to the toilet
assistant
to be idle
expert / left-hand side (of a machine) / left-hand side (driver's side) of a vehicle
skill / talent / agility
to turn a hand over / to put one's hand behind one's back / fig. easily done
carpal tunnel syndrome (Tw)
hand in hand
to hold hands
sniper / marksman
hired thug
concerted action / to collude (in dishonesty)
lily-white hands
to throw up one's hands / to loosen one's grip; to let go
(coll.) while doing it; on the way through / (coll.) immediately; at once / (of a touch screen) responsive to the user's finger movements
Kuaishou, Chinese social video sharing app
to hold hands / to shake hands
a handle / to pull on a handle
Allen key / hex key

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