剁手 duò shǒu
What you say after you shop too much online.
The short answer
CasualNow commonChecked November 2026
Duoshou means “to chop off your hands”: the joke you make after you spend too much online. A 剁手党 (“hand-chopping gang”) is a group of people who cannot stop shopping.
In a chat
- 亮亮 Liangliang
你家门口怎么有这么多快递？
Why are there so many parcels outside your door?
- 琦琦 Qiqi
都是双十一买的。
I bought it all on Double 11.
- 亮亮 Liangliang
花了多少钱？
How much did you spend?
- 琦琦 Qiqi
别问了，我要剁手。
Don't ask. I need to chop off my hands.
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How to reply
下个月少买点，别再剁手了。
Buy less next month. No more overspending.
我也剁手了，这个月要吃土了。
I overspent too. I'll be eating dirt this month.
When not to use it
- Use it only about shopping. Out of context, 剁手 describes violence.
- In formal writing, say 购物太多 (to shop too much) or 花钱太多 (to spend too much).
What it means
When you see the bill after a sale, you joke that the only cure is to chop off the hand that clicks “buy”. Nobody means it. 剁手 is a way to confess that you spent too much, and to laugh about it.
How people use it
剁手 is a verb (我又剁手了, “I overspent again”), and 剁手党 is the group of people who do it. The word goes with big online sales, above all 双十一 (Double 11, on November 11).
A related joke is 吃土, “to eat dirt”: you spent so much that you must eat dirt until payday.
Where it comes from
A 2018 explainer from eChineseLearning ties the word to the Double 11 sales: people who spend more than they planned say they should chop off their hands so they cannot click on more deals. It calls these online shopaholics 剁手族 or 剁手党.
The same article jokes that the first 剁手党 was 洪七公, a character in Jin Yong's novel 射雕英雄传 (The Legend of the Condor Heroes). He loves food so much that, after his greed causes a mistake, he cuts off one of his own fingers.
In use
2 examples又剁手了，买了三双鞋。
I overspent again. Three pairs of shoes.
双十一快到了，剁手党都准备好了。
Double 11 is almost here, and the shopaholics are ready.
The characters
Explore individuallyIndividual character meanings do not always explain the meaning of the whole word.
Sources
This guide is original Dengdeng editorial content, offered under CC BY-SA 4.0. The linked dictionary entries adapt CC-CEDICT under the same license.