随手 (隨手)
suí shǒu
Pinyin

Definition

随手 (隨手)
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suí shǒu
  1. conveniently
  2. without extra trouble
  3. while doing it
  4. in passing

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

还有人随手就扔地上呢！我已经很文明了。我分了又怎么样？别人不分的话，我分也是白分。我敢说很多人都不知道什么可回收什么不可回收。说实话，我也不太清楚。
hái yǒurén suíshǒu jiù rēng dì shàng ne ！wǒ yǐjīng hěn wénmíng le 。wǒ fēn le yòu zěnmeyàng ？biérén bùfēn dehuà ，wǒ fēn yě shì báifēn 。wǒ gǎn shuō hěn duō rén dōu bù zhīdào shénme kě huíshōu shénme bù kě huíshōu 。shuō shíhuà ，wǒ yě bùtài qīngchu 。
There are people who just casually throw garbage on the ground! I'm already plenty civilized. Even if I separated it, what would be the big deal? If other people don't separate their trash, and I do, I'm doing it for nothing. I daresay many people don't know what kinds of garbage are recyclable and what kinds are un-recyclable. Frankly, I'm not so sure myself.
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