动手 – vocab dash

动手dòngshǒu

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Meanings

1. to set about (a task)

2. to raise a hand to hit sb

3. to touch; to handle (typically used in cautioning sb *not* to touch sth)

Characters used

动to move 手hand

Examples4

你nǐ是shì动手dòngshǒu能力nénglì强qiáng的de人rén吗ma？

Are you a hands-on person?

你nǐ怎么zěnme敢gǎn指责zhǐzé我wǒ做zuò这种zhèzhǒng事shì？我wǒ决不juébù会huì动手dòngshǒu打dǎ我wǒ的de儿子érzi。

How can you accuse me of such a thing? I would never lay a hand on my child.

她tā作为zuòwéi一个yīge喜欢xǐhuan动手dòngshǒu实践shíjiàn的de人rén常常chángcháng把bǎ朋友péngyou的de汽车qìchē修好xiūhǎo。

As she's a very practical person, she often fixes her friends' cars.

Okay。听tīng我wǒ解释jiěshì。一yī，是shì他tā先xiān动手dòngshǒu。二èr，我wǒ身上shēnshang有yǒu重要zhòngyào的de东西dōngxi。三sān，大众dàzhòng可kě为wèi我wǒ证明zhèngmíng当时dāngshí我wǒ劝quàn他tā别动手dòngshǒu。

Okay. Hear me out. One, he started it. Two, I have important things on me. Three, everyone can testify that at the time, I told him not to hit me.