人手
rén shǒu
Pinyin

Definition

人手
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rén shǒu
  1. manpower
  2. staff
  3. human hand

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人
rén
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 person
  3. 3 people
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 位 wèi
人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
别人
bié ren
  1. 1 other people
  2. 2 others
  3. 3 other person
女人
nǚ rén
  1. 1 woman
恋人
liàn rén
  1. 1 lover
  2. 2 sweetheart

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一手交钱，一手交货
yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò
  1. 1 lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to pay for what you want in cash
  3. 3 simple and direct transaction
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact

Sample Sentences

我懂我懂，那种拿人手短、吃人嘴软的心情。明明是两个人的家，明明家庭主妇也是有付出的，但每次拿钱就觉得自己像个要饭的似的。
wǒ dǒng wǒ dǒng ，nàzhǒng ná rénshǒu duǎn 、chī rén zuǐruǎn de xīnqíng 。míngmíng shì liǎng ge rén de jiā ，míngmíng jiātíngzhǔfù yě shì yǒu fùchū de ，dàn měicì ná qián jiù juéde zìjǐ xiàng ge yàofàn de shìde 。
I understand, I understand! That feeling of living on someone else’s generosity. It’s clearly the home of both people, and clearly housewives also make a contribution, but every time you take money from him, you feel like you’re a beggar.
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不是这样的，实在是因为小店人手有限，目前没有安排送餐员。
búshi zhèyàng de ，shízài shì yīnwèi xiǎodiàn rénshǒu yǒuxiàn ，mùqián méiyǒu ānpái sòng cān yuán 。
It’s not like this. We have limited staff and at the moment we do not have a delivery team.
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最近财务部人手少……
zuìjìn cáiwùbù rénshǒu shǎo ……
Recently, we are short staffed in the financial department......
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妈的处理一个女人要多少人手啊！哎，我也没想到公安局前几天突然换了领导，新官上任三把火，这次麻烦大了。不过，你小子千万记住，别说漏了嘴，把我的身份给捅出去。
māde chǔlǐ yī ge nǚrén yào duōshao rénshǒu a ！āi ，wǒ yě méi xiǎngdào gōng\'ānjú qiánjǐtiān tūrán huàn le lǐngdǎo ，xīnguān shàngrèn sān bǎ huǒ ，zhècì máfan dà le 。bùguò ，nǐ xiǎozi qiānwàn jìzhu ，bié shuō lòu le zuǐ ，bǎ wǒ de shēnfèn gěi tǒng chūqù 。
Dammit, how much manpower does it take to take care of one woman?! Agh, I didn't know the Public Security Bureau would suddenly change leaders either. A new official has taken up post and is making his presence known. It's been a lot of trouble. But, you must absolutely remember, don't go running your mouth and let my identity slip.
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魏导，最近风声很紧啊。咱们那几个夜总会最近被公安抄了个底儿朝天，还有一些酒吧和地下赌场也遭了殃，人手不够啊。
Wèi dǎo ，zuìjìn fēngshēng hěn jǐn a 。zánmen nà jǐ ge yèzǒnghuì zuìjìn bèi gōng ān chāo le ge dǐr cháo tiān ，hái yǒu yīxiē jiǔbā hé dìxià dǔchǎng yě zāo le yāng ，rénshǒu bùgòu a 。
Mr. Wei, the reports lately haven't been good. Public Security searched a few of our night clubs and tore the places apart. They also made a mess of some of our bars and underground gambling clubs. We don't have enough manpower.
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