手腕
shǒu wàn
Pinyin

Definition

手腕
 - 
shǒu wàn
  1. wrist
  2. trickery
  3. finesse
  4. ability
  5. skill

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

分手
fēn shǒu
  1. 1 to part company
  2. 2 to split up
  3. 3 to break up
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
一手
yī shǒu
  1. 1 a skill
  2. 2 mastery of a trade
  3. 3 by oneself
  4. 4 without outside help

Idioms (20)

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)
人有失手，马有失蹄
rén yǒu shī shǒu , mǎ yǒu shī tí
  1. 1 lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everyone makes mistakes
  3. 3 even the best fall down sometimes

Sample Sentences

左手手肘要离开身体，记得吗？这样你的手腕才能够自然地转动，对！就是这样。
zuǒshǒu shǒuzhǒu yào líkāi shēntǐ ，jìde ma ？zhèyàng nǐ de shǒuwàn cái nénggòu zìrán de zhuǎndòng ，duì ！jiùshì zhèyàng 。
Your left elbow should be further away from your body, do you remember? This way your wrist can turn more naturally, yes! That's the way.
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停，这一小节是一句渐强，手腕要放松，手指力度加强。
tíng ，zhè yī xiǎojié shì yī jù jiànqiáng ，shǒuwàn yào fàngsōng ，shǒuzhǐ lìdù jiāqiáng 。
Stop. This bar is a phrase that is getting gradually louder, so you need to relax your wrist and to increase the strength of your fingers.
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所以要让你们放松啊，自然一点。好，弹的时候尽量依靠指关节把手指抬高，然后弹下去。对了，很好，手腕和手臂都要放松。
suǒyǐ yào ràng nǐmen fàngsōng a ，zìrán yīdiǎn 。hǎo ，tán de shíhou jǐnliàng yīkào zhǐ guānjié bǎ shǒuzhǐ táigāo ，ránhòu tán xiàqu 。duì le ，hěn hǎo ，shǒuwàn hé shǒubì dōu yào fàngsōng 。
So, I told you all to relax. Be more natural. OK, when you play, do your best to use your knuckles to raise your fingers, and then begin playing. That's right, very good. Relax both your wrists and your arms.
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很好。下面请同学们摸一摸自己的手腕，有什么在跳动吗？
hěn hǎo 。xiàmian qǐng tóngxué men mō yi mō zìjǐ de shǒuwàn ，yǒu shénme zài tiàodòng ma ？
Very good. Next, students, please feel your own wrist for a moment. Can you feel anything beating?
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掰手腕儿你肯定掰不过我。 哎，身体不许动啊。
bāi shǒuwànr nǐ kěndìng bāibuguò wǒ 。 āi ，shēntǐ bùxǔ dòng a 。
In arm wrestling there's no way you can beat me. Hey, you can't move your body.
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