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留一手

liú yī shǒu

3-character word

What 留一手 means

1. to deliberately withhold essential knowledge or skills as strategic insurance (typically to maintain leverage, avoid being replaced, or preserve authority in hierarchical relationships)

The characters in 留一手

• 留liúto leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work