得
手

To go smoothly in Chinese: 得手 (dé shǒu)

dé shǒu

to go smoothly

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to go smoothly; to come off; to succeed

Stroke order

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得
手

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄜˊ

dé

ㄉ/ dㄜ/ eˊ/ second tone

ㄕㄡˇ

shǒu

ㄕ/ shㄡ/ ouˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 小偷刚一得手就被警察抓住了。

    xiǎo tōu gāng yì dé shǒu jiù bèi jǐng chá zhuā zhù le。

    The thief was caught by police the moment he succeeded.

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Related words

得

dé

to obtain

手

shǒu

hand

觉得

jué de

to think that ...

手表

shǒu biǎo

wristwatch

手机

shǒu jī

cell phone

记得

jì de

to remember

得意

dé yì

proud of oneself

获得

huò dé

to obtain

握手

wò shǒu

to shake hands

值得

zhí de

to be worth

对手

duì shǒu

opponent

手工

shǒu gōng

handwork

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