一手
yī shǒu
Pinyin

Definition

一手
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yī shǒu
  1. a skill
  2. mastery of a trade
  3. by oneself
  4. without outside help

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一
yī
  1. 1 one
  2. 2 1
  3. 3 single
  4. 4 a (article)
  5. 5 as soon as
  6. 6 entire
  7. 7 whole
  8. 8 all
  9. 9 throughout
  10. 10 "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  11. 11 also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
一下
yī xià
  1. 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
  2. 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once
  5. 5 in a while
  6. 6 all of a sudden
  7. 7 all at once
一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
手机
shǒu jī
  1. 1 cell phone
  2. 2 mobile phone
  3. 3 classifier: 部 bù
  4. 4 classifier: 支 zhī
第一
dì yī
  1. 1 first
  2. 2 number one
  3. 3 primary

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一丘之貉
yī qiū zhī hé
  1. 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
yī zhī wéi shèn
  1. 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一干二净
yī gān èr jìng
  1. 1 thoroughly (idiom)
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 one and all
  4. 4 very clean
一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail

Sample Sentences

净瞎开玩笑，快快给登记好了，一手交钱一手交货。
jìng xiā kāi wánxiào ，kuàikuài gěi dēngjì hǎo le ，yīshǒu jiāoqián yīshǒu jiāohuò 。
So many lame jokes. Hurry up and take my registration details. Hand over the money and i'll hand over the goods.
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这孩子真孝顺。我还从没吃过西餐呢。想想要耍大刀耍耙子地吃饭，那真是吓人！还是我们中国人秀气，一手拿双筷子，一手端碗。
zhè háizi zhēn xiàoshùn 。wǒ hái cóngméi chīguò xīcān ne 。xiǎngxiang yào shuǎ dàdāo shuǎ pázi de chīfàn ，nà zhēn shì xiàrén ！háishì wǒmen Zhōngguórén xiùqi ，yīshǒu ná shuāng kuàizi ，yīshǒu duān wǎn 。
You are such a dutiful child. I have never eaten Western-style food before. It's frightening to think of wielding a big sword and a rake to eat dinner. It's us Chinese that are the refined ones. In one hand we take chopsticks and in the other we hold a bowl.
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明天中午十二点中央公园的桥上，一手交钱一手交货。
míngtiān zhōngwǔ shí èr diǎn Zhōngyānggōngyuán de qiáo shàng ，yīshǒu jiāoqián yīshǒu jiāohuò 。
Tomorrow at 12pm noon on Central Park bridge. You bring the money, I'll bring the phone.
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好啊！呵呵，那时候你在女生楼下点了一圈蜡烛，围成了一个“心”，自己一手拿玫瑰一手提蛋糕站在中间等晓婷下来。把全校的女生都感动了。
hǎo a ！hēhē ，nà shíhou nǐ zài nǚshēnglóu lóuxià diǎn le yī quān làzhú ，wéi chéng le yī gè “xīn ”，zìjǐ yīshǒu ná méigui yīshǒu tí dàngāo zhàn zài zhōngjiān děng Xiǎotíng xiàlai 。bǎ quánxiào de nǚshēng dōu gǎndòng le 。
OK. Heh heh, last time you put down candles in the shape of a heart in front of the girls' dorm, then waited for Xiao Ting to come down with a bouquet of roses in one hand and a cake in the other. You moved every girl in the school.
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你胡说什么。这几年灾难频繁，主要是温室效应引起的。而且归根结底还是我们人类自己一手造成的。 我们破坏环境，现在环境也给我们脸色看了。
nǐ húshuō shénme 。zhèjǐnián zāinàn pínfán ，zhǔyào shì wēnshì xiàoyìng yǐnqǐ de 。érqiě guīgēnjiédǐ háishì wǒmen rénlèi zìjǐ yīshǒu zàochéng de 。 wǒmen pòhuài huánjìng ，xiànzài huánjìng yě gěi wǒmen liǎnsè kàn le 。
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