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着手

zhuó shǒu

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 著手

着手 (zhuó shǒu) means "to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 着手 means

1. to put one's hand to it
2. to start out on a task
3. to set out

The characters in 着手

• 着zheaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work

Example sentences

• 他戴着手套。
  He is wearing gloves.
• 汤姆戴着手套。
  Tom is wearing gloves.

Words starting with 着手

• 着手成春zhuó shǒu chéng chūnlit. set out and it becomes spring (idiom); to effect a miracle cure…

Words containing 着手

• 背着手bèi zhe shǒuwith one's hands clasped behind one's back
• 空着手kōng zhe shǒuempty-handed
• 大处着眼，小处着手dà chù zhuó yǎn , xiǎo chù zhuó shǒuthink of the big picture, start with the little things (idiom)

Where 着手 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhào–zhù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhuó shǒu correctly.
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