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联手

lián shǒu

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

联手 (lián shǒu) means "lit. to join hands; to act together". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 联手 means

1. lit. to join hands
2. to act together

The characters in 联手

• 联lián(bound form) to ally oneself with; to unite; to combine; to join…
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work

Example sentences

• 当地企业正在联手举办一项慈善活动。
  Local businesses are teaming up for a charity initiative.

Sounds the same

Read lián shǒu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 连手concerted action; to collude (in dishonesty)

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lián shǒu correctly.
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