伸手
shēn​shǒu HSK7

to reach out

伸手 shēn//shǒu
to reach out verb + noun
To stretch out or hold out one's hand; to reach for something

伸手进去，年轻人。

shēn shǒu jìn qu, nián​qīng​rén.

Reach in, young man.

他伸手去拿他的法语书，然后改变了主意。

tā shēn shǒu qù ná tā de fǎ​yǔ shū, rán​hòu gǎi​biàn le zhǔ​yi.

He reached for his French book, then changed his mind.

to ask for
To ask for help, money, or favors from others or from an organization; to beg
to meddle
To interfere or get involved in someone else's affairs
to apply oneself
To put one's hand to a task; to set to work

Frequency
Movie subtitles
4.62 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
17.4 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

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Antonym

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)