Tom is very good at doing things with his hands.
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动手
Traditional: 動手
dòng shǒu
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Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
dòng shǒu · dung6 sau2 (Jyutping)
- 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)
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
The doctor decided to operate at once.
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