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下手
下手
(xià shǒu): Start / make a move (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order
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Level 7-9
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Character Breakdown
下 • xià • down; below • HSK 3.0 · L1
HSK 3.0 · L1
xià
下
down; below
手 • shǒu • hand • HSK 3.0 · L2
HSK 3.0 · L2
shǒu
手
hand
Words Sharing Characters
More common words that include characters from 下手.
下
手
Words with
下
下午
xià wǔ
afternoon
下班
xià bān
to finish work
下课
xià kè
to finish class
下雨
xià yǔ
rain
一下
yī xià
[used after a verb] give something a go
下去
xià qu
to go down
下来
xià lai
to come down
下面
xià miàn
below
4.
How to Use 下手 in Sentences
Idiom
xiān
先
xià
下
shǒu
手
wéi
为
qiáng
强
neutral
the early bird catches the worm
wú
无
cóng
从
xià
下
shǒu
手
neutral
have no way to begin
Verb + Object
with
狠手
xià
下
hěn
狠
shǒu
手
neutral
strike a heavy blow
Verb + Adverb
with
从轻
cóng
从
qīng
轻
xià
下
shǒu
手
5.
Example Sentences with 下手
tā
他
bù
不
zhī
知
dào
道
cóng
从
nǎ
哪
lǐ
formal
act leniently
里
xià
下
shǒu
手
。
He doesn't know where to start.
nǐ
你
hái
还
zài
在
yóu
犹
yù
豫
shén
什
me
么
?
zài
再
bú
不
xià
下
shǒu
手
,
zhè
这
jué
绝
jiā
佳
de
的
jī
机
huì
会
jiù
就
yào
要
liū
溜
zǒu
走
le
了
。
What are you still hesitating about? If you don't make a move now, this excellent opportunity will slip away.
zhè
这
ge
个
xiàng
项
mù
目
hěn
很
fù
复
zá
杂
,
wǒ
我
men
们
xū
需
yào
要
xiān
先
zhì
制
dìng
定
jì
计
huà
划
zài
再
xià
下
shǒu
手
。
This project is complicated; we need to make a plan before we start.
miàn
面
duì
对
duī
堆
jī
积
rú
如
shān
山
de
的
gōng
工
zuò
作
,
tā
他
yì
一
shí
时
jìng
竟
bù
不
zhī
知
gāi
该
cóng
从
hé
何
chù
处
xià
下
shǒu
手
。
Faced with a mountain of work, he momentarily didn't know where to start.
miàn
面
duì
对
zhè
这
ge
个
nán
难
tí
题
,
tā
他
jué
决
dìng
定
cóng
从
zuì
最
guān
关
jiàn
键
de
的
huán
环
jié
节
xià
下
shǒu
手
。
Facing this difficult problem, he decided to start from the most critical part.