n. (Hira=て) hand, part of the body at the end of the arm; handwriting; help; worker; trick; skill; way, style or manner particular to someone or something; direction

v. (Trad=手, Pinyin=shou3) have in one's hand, hold

n. (Trad=手, Pinyin=shou3) clutch, hand

adj. (Trad=手, Pinyin=shou3) handy

v. (Simp=手, Pinyin=shou3) have in one's hand, hold

n. (Simp=手, Pinyin=shou3) clutch, hand

adj. (Simp=手, Pinyin=shou3) handy

a male; a cock; a bull; male; bull; he; cock; tom

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[壽] (1) long life; longevity
(2) one's age

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[手] (1) a hand
(2) a means [way]; a hand; a trick; a game; a move
(3) possibility; ability; capacity

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[數] (1) luck; fortune
(2) a number; a figure
(3) a few; several

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[水] (the essence of) Water (regarded as representing North, Winter, and Black)

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[秀] Excellent; A

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[繡] embroidery

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[首] a piece; a poem; a selection

[手-] be a good player; be a skilled hand (at a game); be strong

[手-] get used to

shang4 xia4 qi2 shou3
Raising and lowering one's hand.
Collusion in a fraud.

shen1 shou3 bu4 da3 xiao4 lian3
A stretched-out hand will not strike a smiling face.
A soft answer will turn away wrath.

de2 xin1 ying4 shou3
The hands do what the mind thinks.
With facility. With high proficiency. Serviceable. Handy. As clay in the hands of a potter.

shou3 bu2 shi4 juan4
Never releasing books from one's hands.
Referring to someone who is studying assiduously. Compare with 引锥刺股 (yin3 zhui1 ci4 gu3).

cuo4 shou3 bu4 ji2
Not being able to manage.
To be caught unprepared.

shu4 shou3 wu2 ce4
With bound arms and no strategy.
To be at a loss about what to do.