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下手

xià shǒu
HSK 7freq #5513

Meanings

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xià shǒu
  1. 1.to start
  2. 2.to put one's hand to
  3. 3.to set about
  4. 4.the seat to the right of the main guest

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.player whose turn comes next
  2. 2.assistant; aide
  3. 3.subordinate, underling
  4. 4.someone from a younger generation (one's children or younger siblings)
  5. 5.to start doing something; to take action; to go about something
  6. 6.to commit a crime/to initiate an ambush/sneak attack

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Stroke order

Components

下㇐卜
手㇒扌

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Characters

下手

Example sentences

Sentences from Tatoeba · CC-BY 2.0 FR

More examples & usage (AI)

Synonyms

下家上手入手動手动手喐手著手着手落手起手

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Derived terms

打下手先下手為強先下手为强

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Related words

打下手 to act in a supporting role无从下手 not know where to start先下手为强 (idiom) strike first to gain the upper hand老鼠拉龟，无从下手 like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom)