放手
fàng shǒu
Pinyin

Definition

放手
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fàng shǒu
  1. to let go one's hold
  2. to give up
  3. to have a free 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
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
放
fàng
  1. 1 to put
  2. 2 to place
  3. 3 to release
  4. 4 to free
  5. 5 to let go
  6. 6 to let out
  7. 7 to set off (fireworks)
放下
fàng xià
  1. 1 to lay down
  2. 2 to put down
  3. 3 to let go of
  4. 4 to relinquish
  5. 5 to set aside
  6. 6 to lower (the blinds etc)

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

理财绝对不能跟风。现在我要专门寻找那种普通人没有发现的商机，然后瞄准机会，放手一搏。
lǐcái juéduì bùnéng gēnfēng 。xiànzài wǒ yào zhuānmén xúnzhǎo nà zhǒng pǔtōngrén méiyǒu fāxiàn de shāngjī ，ránhòu miáozhǔn jīhuì ，fàngshǒuyībó 。
When it comes to finances you absolutely cannot just follow the trends. Right now, I'm going to specifically seek out those kinds of business opportunities that normal people haven't realized, then I'll set my sights and give it my all.
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是啊，你消息可真灵通。现在失业率高，一不小心就会丢了饭碗，手里如果有点积蓄，还是自己创业做老板好。加盟连锁店的风险小，成功率高，我就放手试试啦。
shì ā ，nǐ xiāoxi kě zhēn língtōng 。xiànzài shīyèlǜ gāo ，yībùxiǎoxīn jiù huì diū le fànwǎn ，shǒu lǐ rúguǒ yǒudiǎn jīxù ，háishì zìjǐ chuàngyè zuò lǎobǎn hǎo 。jiāméng liánsuǒdiàn de fēngxiǎn xiǎo ，chénggōnglǜ gāo ，wǒ jiù fàngshǒu shìshi la 。
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