帮手 (幫手)
bāng shǒu
Pinyin
Definition
帮手 (幫手)
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- helper
- assistant
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to part company
- 2 to split up
- 3 to break up
- 1 Sagittarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
- 2 popular variant of 人馬座|人马座[Rén mǎ zuò]
- 1 a skill
- 2 mastery of a trade
- 3 by oneself
- 4 without outside help
Idioms (20)
一手交钱,一手交货
- 1 lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
- 2 fig. to pay for what you want in cash
- 3 simple and direct transaction
七手八脚
- 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
上下其手
- 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
- 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
不怕神一样的对手,就怕猪一样的队友
- 1 a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent (idiom)
人有失手,马有失蹄
- 1 lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom)
- 2 fig. everyone makes mistakes
- 3 even the best fall down sometimes
Sample Sentences
这个醋啊,还是我们生活中的小帮手。它能用来消毒。在流感季节,关闭房间门窗,把醋用小锅加热蒸发,能杀灭空气中的病菌。用醋来擦拭金属器皿,能够光亮如新。暖水瓶里的水垢也可以用醋来清除。
Let me see...vinegar is really a great little helper. It can disinfect things. During flu season, when your doors and windows are shut, use a little pot to evaporate some vinegar and you'll be able to kill off the bacteria in the air. You can wipe off metallic things with vinegar, and they'll sparkle like new. You can also use vinegar to clean out your thermos.