手气 (手氣)
shǒu qì
Pinyin
Definition
手气 (手氣)
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- luck (in gambling)
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
是啊,换换手气。
Yes, maybe your luck will change.
呸呸呸,我今天手气正旺,还要大赢一把!
Bah, I'm having great luck today and I'm going to win big this hand too!
你手气太好了!
Your luck is incredible!
你等我把话说完嘛。我呢,手气好,赢了几把。赢钱是好事,但也烫手啊。你也知道,我是县里的一把手......
Let me finish. My luck was good and I won a few rounds. Winning money's a good thing, but it can also create difficulties. As you know, I'm a county head...
Then have you ever tried your luck?