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动手术

dòng shǒu shù

3-character word Traditional 動手術

What 动手术 means

1. (of a surgeon) to operate (on sb)
2. (of a patient) to have an operation

The characters in 动手术

• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 术shùmethod; technique

Example sentences

• 医生决定立刻动手术。
  The doctor decided to operate at once.
• 我得了胃肿瘤，必须动手术切除。
  Wǒ déle wèi zhǒngliú, bìxū dòngshǒu shù qiēchú.
  I got a stomach tumor and had to have it operated on.