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动手

dòng shǒu · dong shou

Traditional 動手

HSK 5Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. to set about (a task)
  2. to hit
  3. to punch
  4. to touch
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Assembling the bookshelf

  1. Dengdeng

    书架(shūjià)买(mǎi)回来(huílai)了(le)，我们(wǒmen)动手(dòngshǒu)装(zhuāng)吧(ba)！

    The bookshelf is here. Let us start building it!

  2. Liangliang

    说明书(shuōmíngshū)太(tài)长(cháng)了(le)，你(nǐ)先(xiān)动手(dòngshǒu)，我(wǒ)来(lái)看(kàn)。

    The manual is long. You start, I will read.

  3. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)只(zhǐ)看(kàn)不(bù)动手(dòngshǒu)，怎么(zěnme)装(zhuāng)啊(a)？

    If you only read and never lift a finger, how do we build it?

  4. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)，好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)这就(zhèjiù)动手(dòngshǒu)了(le)！

    Okay, okay. I will get to work right now!

  5. Dengdeng

    装(zhuāng)好(hǎo)了(le)！可是(kěshì)怎么(zěnme)还(hái)剩(shèng)三个(sāngè)螺丝(luósī)？

    Done! But why are there three screws left?

  6. Liangliang

    那(nà)一定(yīdìng)是(shì)商店(shāngdiàn)送(sòng)的(de)。

    The shop must have thrown them in for free.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

你(nǐ)怎(zěn)么(me)敢(gǎn)指(zhǐ)责(zé)我(wǒ)做(zuò)这(zhè)种(zhǒng)事(shì)？我(wǒ)决(jué)不(bú)会(huì)动(dòng)手(shǒu)打(dǎ)我(wǒ)的(de)儿(ér)子(zi)。

How can you accuse me of such a thing? I would never lay a hand on my child.

Tatoeba: Chinese by U2FS · English by darinmex · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

你(nǐ)是(shì)动(dòng)手(shǒu)能(néng)力(lì)强(qiáng)的(de)人(rén)吗(ma)？

Are you a hands-on person?

Tatoeba: Chinese by slo_oth · English by soliloquist · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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