着手(zhuó shǒu)

HSK 7-92 characters

to put one's hand to it

Character breakdown

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Example sentences

How 着手 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 我该由哪儿着手

    wǒ gāi yóu nǎ ér zhuó shǒu

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