Dictionary › 举手之劳

举手之劳

jǔ shǒu zhī láo

4-character word Traditional 舉手之勞

What 举手之劳 means

1. (lit.) the exertion of lifting one's hand (idiom)
2. (fig.) a very slight effort

The characters in 举手之劳

• 举jǔto lift; to hold up; to cite
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 劳láo(bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer; (bound form) meritorious deed

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jǔ shǒu zhī láo correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.