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Definition
- hand
- meaning component (for things you do with hands)
- radical (Kang Xi 64)
- (formal) to hold
- person engaged in certain types of work
- person skilled in certain types of work
- personal(ly)
- convenient
- classifier (for skills)
- measure word
Compounds (24)
paw; palm (of the hand); sole (of the foot); horseshoe; to slap; to hold (in one's hand); to wield
to climb (by pulling oneself up); to clamber; to ascend; to implicate; to involve; to entail; to claim connections of higher status; to grab; to cling (to); to hold (onto)
Related words (444)
under one's control or administration; subordinates; (money etc) on hand; sb's financial means; to take action
hand scroll (horizontal format for Chinese landscape painting); hand roll (Japanese: temaki, style of fish cuisine); hand rolled cigarette; hand roll (many contexts); roll up
palm (of one's hand); control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand)
to do sth by mistake (with one's hand); to make a slip of the hand (e.g. click the wrong button)
sth written or painted in one's own hand; (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill; style; hand; (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc; scale
glove compartment (of a car); glovebox (sealed compartment with attached gloves for handling hazardous materials etc)
hand foot and mouth disease, HFMD, caused by a number of intestinal viruses, usually affecting young children
to reach out with one's hand; to hold out a hand; (fig.) to beg; to get involved; to meddle
person who writes articles (newspapers, magazines, blogs [informal]); writer; scribe; copyist; a talented writer of articles or of calligraphy
to put one's palms together (in prayer or greeting); to work with a common purpose; harmonious; convenient (to use)
a slip; miscalculation; unwise move; accidentally; by mistake; to lose control; to be defeated
miraculous hands of a healer; highly skilled person; brilliant move in chess or weiqi (go) 圍棋|围棋
promoter; advocate; driving force; pushing hands (two-person training routine esp. in t'ai chi)
to wave one's hand; to gesture with one's hand (beckoning, waving good-bye etc); to swing one's arms
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 begin; to take action; to set out; to put one's hand to it; to start (out on a task)
(old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession; (fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises; booster
to get in hand; to get (one's) hands on; to get hold of (in the sense of to acquire)
"break-up agent", person who acts for sb who wishes to terminate a relationship but does not have the heart to do so
to gesticulate; to make lively gestures (while talking); also written 比手畫腳|比手画脚
to gesticulate; to make lively gestures (while talking); also written 比手劃腳|比手划脚
(lit.) arm-flinging shopkeeper; (fig.) sb who asks others to work but does nothing himself
(slang) (usu. of a woman) sb who looks stunning from behind; sb who has a great figure but not necessarily an attractive face; abbr. to 背殺
strike first and gain the upper hand (idiom, martial arts term); Making the first move is an advantage.
Idioms (49)
(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.
(lit.) always with a book in hand (idiom); (fig.) (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
(lit.) both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom); (fig.) to both be of equal importance; to value both equally
to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint; (fig.) conspiring to defraud
magical hands bring the dying back to life (idiom); miracle cure; brilliant doctor
(lit.) what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job; entirely in one's element; going smoothly and easily
as close as one's hands and feet (idiom); loving one another as brothers; deep friendship; closely attached to one another
to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands; to criticize or give orders summarily; also written 指手畫腳|指手画脚
to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands; to criticize or give orders summarily
(lit.) have hands have feet; to be able bodied (idiom); to have the ability to work
(lit.) to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
(lit.) burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom); arrogance of the powerful; a mighty figure no-one dares approach; hot (exciting or in favor)
to love something too much to part with it (idiom); to fondle (admiringly); to be unable to tear oneself away from something; to love; favourite
to have high standards but little ability; to be fastidious but incompetent (idiom)
(lit.) set out and it becomes spring (idiom); to effect a miracle cure (of medical operation); to bring back the dead; once it starts, everything goes well
empty hand, empty fist (idiom); having nothing to rely on; unarmed and defenseless
(lit.) to wash one's hands in a gold basin (idiom); (fig.) to abandon the life of an outlaw
(lit.) to lead away a goat in passing (idiom); to steal sth under cover of an emergency; to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain
to whom the deer falls (idiom); the one to emerge victor (i.e. to seize the empire); prize winner; champion
(lit.) turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain; very powerful and capable (idiom)
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