手下留情
Characters and words in 手下留情
hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
Mnemonic symbol: a baseball glove. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is trying out his new baseball glove (手) in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
under one's control or administration / subordinates / (money etc) on hand / sb's financial means / when taking action
down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action
下
=
一
+
卜
:
Mnemonic symbol: from the up/down logic, and a little bit the shape of the character, a ladder.
Xi Shi (xi) is on a retreat in the ashram. Using a voodoo staff (卜), she divined that next (下) week she'll have to play the flute (一) sixteen hours per day. Because she hates playing the flute, she climbs over the ashram's bathroom (a4) wall using a ladder (下) to escape.
Xi Shi (xi) is on a retreat in the ashram. Using a voodoo staff (卜), she divined that next (下) week she'll have to play the flute (一) sixteen hours per day. Because she hates playing the flute, she climbs over the ashram's bathroom (a4) wall using a ladder (下) to escape.
old variant of 留[liu2]
留
=
卯
+
田
:
Mnemonic symbol: an answering machine.
Li Qingzhao faces a field of answering machines that all have messages left for her in the outhouse's kitchen. As she is checking each machine for her messages, a mischievous rabbit is leaving even more messages for her when Li Qingzhao is not watching.
Li Qingzhao faces a field of answering machines that all have messages left for her in the outhouse's kitchen. As she is checking each machine for her messages, a mischievous rabbit is leaving even more messages for her when Li Qingzhao is not watching.
to leave (a message etc) / to retain / to stay / to remain / to keep / to preserve
留
=
卯
+
田
:
Mnemonic symbol: an answering machine.
Li Qingzhao faces a field of answering machines that all have messages left for her in the outhouse's kitchen. As she is checking each machine for her messages, a mischievous rabbit is leaving even more messages for her when Li Qingzhao is not watching.
Li Qingzhao faces a field of answering machines that all have messages left for her in the outhouse's kitchen. As she is checking each machine for her messages, a mischievous rabbit is leaving even more messages for her when Li Qingzhao is not watching.
old variant of 留[liu2]
留
=
卯
+
田
:
Mnemonic symbol: an answering machine.
Li Qingzhao faces a field of answering machines that all have messages left for her in the outhouse's kitchen. As she is checking each machine for her messages, a mischievous rabbit is leaving even more messages for her when Li Qingzhao is not watching.
Li Qingzhao faces a field of answering machines that all have messages left for her in the outhouse's kitchen. As she is checking each machine for her messages, a mischievous rabbit is leaving even more messages for her when Li Qingzhao is not watching.
to relent (to spare sb's feelings) / to show mercy or forgiveness / to forbear / lenient
feeling / emotion / passion / situation
情
=
忄
+
青
:
Just inside the engine's kitchen the Queen of Hearts is feeling terrible. She just spent a fortune to drink from the fountain of youth, although deep inside she knew from the start that she's lying to herself and spending a fortune for nothing. Now she's punishing herself by beating herself with a flail.
Words with 手下留情
手下留情
is not used as a component in another word.
Sentences with 手下留情
手下留情 currently does not appear in any sentence.