袖手 xiùshǒu to hide one's hands in one's sleeves Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 袖手 xiùshǒu to hide one's hands in one's sleeves To place one's hands inside the opposite sleeves, as was common in traditional Chinese clothing to look on To stand by and watch without getting involved or offering help; to remain unconcerned Frequency Written text 0.251 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
袖手 xiùshǒu to hide one's hands in one's sleeves To place one's hands inside the opposite sleeves, as was common in traditional Chinese clothing to look on To stand by and watch without getting involved or offering help; to remain unconcerned Frequency Written text 0.251 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)