He had a book in his hand.
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手里
Traditional: 手裡
shǒu lǐ
HSK 3.0 · 4
shǒu lǐ · sau2 leoi5 (Jyutping)
- in hand
- (a situation is) in sb's hands
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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
Tom had a drink in his hand.
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