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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
both hands
HSK 5
assistant; helper
HSK 5
to wave / to beckon
HSK 5
to set about (a task) / to hit / to punch / to touch
HSK 5
lit. to join hands / to act together
HSK 6
expert / past master / dab hand
HSK 6
murderer / assassin
HSK 6
one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise
HSK 6
to dispose of / to spend (money) / to undertake a task
HSK 7-9
personally / with one's own hands
HSK 7-9
to put one's hand to it / to start out on a task / to set out
HSK 7-9
handle / grip / knob
HSK 7-9
to get involved in / to meddle / interference
HSK 7-9
new hand / novice / raw recruit
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
hand in hand / to join hands / to collaborate
HSK 7-9
a skill / mastery of a trade / by oneself / without outside help
HSK 7-9
manpower / staff / human hand
HSK 7-9
easily / without trouble / while one is at it / in passing / handy
HSK 7-9
(fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand / (Tw) mechanic / blue-collar worker / manual laborer
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
(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
working hand; member of a work team; participant / the boss (short form of 第一把手)
HSK 7-9
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
handrail / armrest
lit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job / entirely in one's element / going smoothly and easily
to stop; to pull back
spanner / wrench / lever (on a machine)
(sports) draw / tie
assistance; a helping hand / to lend a hand
to put one's hand to sth / to set about / skillful hands / worker / writer
to attack murderously / to strike treacherously
left hand; left-hand side
to take possession of / to get hold of
right hand / right-hand side
one hand / single-handed
to hold hands
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
with bare hands / unarmed / fighting hand-to-hand / freehand (drawing)
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
expert / professional
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 cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting / (fig.) submissive
thorny issue / tricky case
skill / talent / agility
crossbow shooter
defensive position (in chess) / room for maneuver; a way of escape
to turn a hand over / to put one's hand behind one's back / fig. easily done
sniper / marksman
hired thug
concerted action / to collude (in dishonesty)
lily-white hands
divine physician / sage doctor / highly skilled practitioner
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
hunter
thrower / pitcher / bowler
white hand / empty-handed
to let go one's hold / to give up / to have a free hand
to do the job oneself
archer
(Tw) excavator; backhoe
(not of regular commerce) to sell or dispose of (goods etc) / to get rid of / to unload
to relinquish one's grip / to let go
promoter / advocate / driving force / pushing hands (two-person training routine esp. in t'ai chi)
hand in hand

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