着 手

zhuóshǒu

“To put one's hand to it” in Chinese is 着手 (zhuóshǒu).

Meaning

to put one's hand to it
to start out on a task
to set out

Example

一个警察叉着手看着。

A policeman was watching it, with his arms crossed.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

zheHSK 111 strokesa move in chess shǒuHSK 14 strokeshand

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