反手
fǎn shǒu
Pinyin

Definition

反手
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fǎn shǒu
  1. to turn a hand over
  2. to put one's hand behind one's back
  3. fig. easily done

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

分手
fēn shǒu
  1. 1 to part company
  2. 2 to split up
  3. 3 to break up
反正
fǎn zhèng
  1. 1 anyway
  2. 2 in any case
  3. 3 to come over from the enemy's side
射手座
Shè shǒu zuò
  1. 1 Sagittarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
  2. 2 popular variant of 人馬座|人马座[Rén mǎ zuò]
手
shǒu
  1. 1 hand
  2. 2 (formal) to hold
  3. 3 person engaged in certain types of work
  4. 4 person skilled in certain types of work
  5. 5 personal(ly)
  6. 6 convenient
  7. 7 classifier for skill
  8. 8 classifier: 双 shuāng
  9. 9 classifier: 只 zhī
手机
shǒu jī
  1. 1 cell phone
  2. 2 mobile phone
  3. 3 classifier: 部 bù
  4. 4 classifier: 支 zhī

Idioms (20)

一反常态
yī fǎn cháng tài
  1. 1 complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic
  2. 2 entirely outside the norm
  3. 3 out of character
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
七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
  1. 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
  2. 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
不怕神一样的对手，就怕猪一样的队友
bù pà shén yī yàng de duì shǒu , jiù pà zhū yī yàng de duì yǒu
  1. 1 a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent (idiom)

Sample Sentences

哦哟，年轻人可真是有活力啊，这么多新花样，我还停留在大家秀“反手握肚脐”，还有那什么“锁骨放鸡蛋”这些玩艺儿。
ōyo ，niánqīngrén kě zhēn shì yǒu huólì ā ，zhème duō xīn huāyàng ，wǒ hái tíngliú zài dàjiā xiù “fǎnshǒu wò dùqí ”，háiyǒu nà shénme “suǒgǔ fàng jīdàn ”zhèxiē wányìr 。
Agh, young people are so lively, so many new things, I'm still stuck back when everyone was showing off pictures of themselves putting their arm around their own waist to grab their navel, and that whole putting eggs on your collarbone thing.
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纳豆的上旋球也无人能比。虽然老费擅长单手反手击球，但是单反最怕这种跳得很高的球，很难处理。
Nàdòu de shàngxuánqiú yě wúrén néng bǐ 。suīrán Lǎofèi shàncháng dānshǒu fǎnshǒu jīqiú ，dànshì dānfǎn zuì pà zhèzhǒng tiào de hěn gāo de qiú ，hěn nán chǔlǐ 。
But nobody can match Nadal's topspin. Although Federer hits an excellent one-handed backhand, high-bouncing shots like Nadal's are the most difficult for him to handle with that shot.
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