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两手

liǎng shǒu

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 兩手

两手 (liǎng shǒu) means "one's two hands; two prongs (of a strategy); both aspects, eventualities etc". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 两手 means

1. one's two hands
2. two prongs (of a strategy)
3. both aspects, eventualities etc
4. skills
5. expertise

The characters in 两手

• 两liǎngtwo; both; some
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work

Words starting with 两手

• 两手空空liǎng shǒu kōng kōngempty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
• 两手策略liǎng shǒu cè lüètwo-pronged strategy
• 两手不沾阳春水liǎng shǒu bù zhān yáng chūn shuǐsee 十指不沾阳春水

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