xiù​shǒu

to hide one's hands in one's sleeves

  • created sense approved 袖手 · xiù​shǒu · to hide one's hands in one's sleeves — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    袖手

    xiù​shǒu

    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

    袖 (literal) → 袖 · xiù · to tuck in a sleeve 手 (literal) → 手 · shǒu · hand

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  • created sense approved 袖手 · xiù​shǒu · to look on — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    袖手

    xiù​shǒu

    to look on

    To stand by and watch without getting involved or offering help; to remain unconcerned

    袖 (literal) → 袖 · xiù · to tuck in a sleeve 手 (literal) → 手 · shǒu · hand

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

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