留一手
liú​yī​shǒu

to hold something back

  • created sense approved 留一手 · liú​yī​shǒu · to hold something back — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    留一手

    liú​yī​shǒu

    to hold something back

    To deliberately withhold some of one's skills or knowledge instead of showing them all or teaching them to others, often as a strategy to maintain an advantage or as a precaution.

    liú​yì​shǒu

    留, 一手

    留 (literal) → 留 · liú · to keep 一手 (literal) → 一手 · yī​shǒu · skill

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense