援手
yuán shǒu
Pinyin

Definition

援手
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yuán shǒu
  1. assistance
  2. a helping hand
  3. to lend a hand

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

部分巴西国博藏品或有救？多国有意伸援手
bùfen Bāxī guóbó cángpǐn huò yóujiù ？duō guó yǒuyì shēn yuánshǒu
Some exhibits and artefacts at Brazil National Museum may be saved? Many countries offer their assistance.
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塞雷若说，联合国教科文组织已提供资金和技术支援，法国和埃及政府也有意伸出援手。
sāiléiruò shuō ，LiánhéguóJiàoKēWénZǔzhī yǐ tígōng zījīn hé jìshù zhīyuán ，Fǎguó hé Āijí zhèngfǔ yě yǒuyì shēnchū yuánshǒu 。
Sérejo said that UNESCO has provided financial and technical support, and the French and Egyptian governments also intend to lend a helping hand.
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