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"out of hand" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
不可收拾 bù kě shōu shí irremediable / unmanageable / out of hand / hopeless
不可收拾 bù kě - shōu shi (idiom) irremediable / unmanageable / out of hand / hopeless
Chinese Pinyin Translation
手绘 手繪 shǒu huì to paint by hand / to draw by hand / hand-painted / hand-drawn
伸手 shēn shǒu to reach out with one's hand / to hold out a hand / (fig.) to beg / to get involved / to meddle syn
传给 傳給 chuán gei to pass on (to sb) / to send / to pass (e.g. in football) / to give directly (by hand) / to deliver / to hand over / to transfer / to relay / to transmit / to hand on (to the next generation)
地和 dì hú (mahjong) earthly hand / a hand that is completed by a non-dealer on their first draw / (mahjong) to obtain an earthly hand
天和 tiān hú (mahjong) heavenly hand / a hand that is completed by the dealer on their first draw / (mahjong) to obtain a heavenly hand
淘汰 táo tài to wash out / (fig.) to cull / to weed out / to eliminate / to die out / to phase out syn
知难而退 知難而退 zhī nán ér tuì lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom) / fig. to back out of an awkward situation / to get out on finding out what it's really like syn
着手 著手 zhuó shǒu to put one's hand to it / to start out on a task / to set out syn
一笔抹杀 一筆抹殺 yī bǐ mǒ shā to blot out at one stroke / to reject out of hand / to deny without a hearing syn
一边 一邊 yī biān one side / either side / on the one hand / on the other hand / doing while syn
右手 yòu shǒu right hand / right-hand side syn
左手 zuǒ shǒu left hand / left-hand side syn
携手 攜手 xié shǒu hand in hand / to join hands / to collaborate syn
手心 shǒu xīn palm (of one's hand) / control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand) syn
举手 舉手 jǔ shǒu to raise a hand / to put up one's hand (as signal)
摆手 擺手 bǎi shǒu to wave one's hand / to gesture with one's hand (beckoning, waving good-bye etc) / to swing one's arms syn
递交 遞交 dì jiāo to present / to give / to hand over / to hand in / to lay before syn
交手 jiāo shǒu to fight hand to hand syn
手拉手 shǒu lā shǒu to join hands / hand in hand syn
手头 手頭 shǒu tóu on hand / at hand / one's financial situation syn
反手 fǎn shǒu to turn a hand over / to put one's hand behind one's back / fig. easily done
援手 yuán shǒu assistance / a helping hand / to lend a hand syn
手边 手邊 shǒu biān on hand / at hand syn
肉搏 ròu bó to fight hand-to-hand syn
缴交 繳交 jiǎo jiāo to hand in / to hand over / to pay (a fee etc)
手牵手 手牽手 shǒu qiān shǒu hand in hand
手笔 手筆 shǒu bǐ sth written or painted in one's own hand / (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill / style / hand / (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc / scale syn
徒手 tú shǒu with bare hands / unarmed / fighting hand-to-hand / freehand (drawing)
时针 時針 shí zhēn hand of a clock / hour hand
短兵相接 duǎn bīng xiāng jiē lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom) / fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat / to fight at close quarters syn
里手 裡手 lǐ shǒu expert / left-hand side (of a machine) / left-hand side (driver's side) of a vehicle syn
齐头并进 齊頭並進 qí tóu bìng jìn to go forward together (idiom) / to undertake simultaneous tasks / going hand in hand syn
护手霜 護手霜 hù shǒu shuāng hand cream / hand lotion
肉搏战 肉搏戰 ròu bó zhàn hand-to-hand combat
白刃战 白刃戰 bái rèn zhàn hand-to-hand fighting
掌 zhǎng palm of the hand / sole of the foot / paw / horseshoe / to slap / to hold in one's hand / to wield syn
缴 繳 jiǎo to hand in / to hand over / to pay / to capture (weapons) / to seize syn
手用 shǒu yòng hand-used / hand (tool)
手缝 手縫 shǒu féng to sew by hand / hand-sewn
携手并肩 攜手並肩 xié shǒu bìng jiān hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder syn
文武合一 wén wǔ hé yī civilians and the military (working) hand in hand (idiom)
翻手为云覆手变雨 翻手為雲覆手變雨 fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain / very powerful and capable (idiom)
人工布雷 rén gōng bù léi hand mine-laying / hand laying
外手 wài shǒu right-hand side (of a machine) / right-hand side (passenger side) of a vehicle syn
携手同行 攜手同行 xié shǒu tóng xíng to walk hand in hand / to cooperate
拃 zhǎ span (unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand) / to span (measure with one's hand)
手滑 shǒu huá to do sth by mistake (with one's hand) / to make a slip of the hand (e.g. click the wrong button)
风火轮 風火輪 fēng huǒ lún (martial arts) wind-and-fire wheel, weapon used in hand-to-hand fighting / (Daoism) a magical pair of wheels on which one can stand to ride at great speed, used by Nezha 哪吒[Ne2 zha5] / (fig.) never-ending treadmill
相随 相隨 xiāng suí to tag along (with sb) / (in combination with 與|与[yu3] or 和[he2]) to accompany (sb) / (fig.) (of one situation) to go hand in hand (with another)
捯 dáo (coll.) to reel in (string, yarn etc) by pulling hand over hand or by coiling / to step along / to look into / to pursue (a matter)
手搓 shǒu cuō to make by hand / to hand-craft
试探 試探 shì tàn to sound out / to probe / to feel out / to try out syn
灭 滅 miè to extinguish or put out / to go out (of a fire etc) / to exterminate or wipe out / to drown syn
拔 bá to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize syn
熄 xī to extinguish / to put out (fire) / to quench / to stop burning / to go out (of fire, lamp etc) / to come to an end / to wither away / to die out / Taiwan pr. [xi2] syn
交钱 交錢 jiāo qián to pay up / to shell out / to hand over the money to cover sth
摩挲 mó sā to smooth out (with one's hand) syn
抻面 抻麵 chēn miàn to make noodles by pulling out dough / hand-pulled noodles syn
讨生活 討生活 tǎo shēng huó to eke out a living / to live from hand to mouth / to drift aimlessly
长揖 長揖 cháng yī to bow deeply, starting upright with arms straight out in front, one hand cupped in the other, then moving the hands down to one's knees as one bows, keeping the arms straight (a form of greeting)
派单 派單 pài dān to hand out leaflets / (of a platform, e.g. Uber, DiDi) to dispatch orders
发出 發出 fā chū to issue (an order, decree etc) / to send out / to dispatch / to produce (a sound) / to let out (a laugh) syn
整理 zhěng lǐ to arrange / to tidy up / to sort out / to straighten out / to list systematically / to collate (data, files) / to pack (luggage) syn
展开 展開 zhǎn kāi to unfold / to spread out / to open up / to launch / to carry out syn
江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn
拿出 ná chū to take out / to put out / to provide / to put forward (a proposal) / to come up with (evidence) syn
爆发 爆發 bào fā to break out / to erupt / to explode / to burst out syn
偏偏 piān piān (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately / as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly / contrarily / against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely / only / of all people syn
取出 qǔ chū to take out / to extract / to draw out
掏出 tāo chū to fish out / to take out (from a pocket, bag etc)
出炉 出爐 chū lú to take out of the furnace / fresh out of the oven / fig. newly announced / recently made available
想出 xiǎng chū to figure out / to work out (a solution etc) / to think up / to come up with (an idea etc)
不合 bù hé to not conform to / to be unsuited to / to be out of keeping with / should not / ought out syn
挤出 擠出 jǐ chū to squeeze out / to extrude / to drain / to find the time / to burst out syn
出头 出頭 chū tóu to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than syn
喷出 噴出 pēn chū spout / spray / belch / to well up / to puff out / to spurt out
出局 chū jú (of a batter) to be put out (in baseball) / to be dismissed (in cricket) / (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition / (fig.) to be weeded out / to get the chop (in a competitive environment)
涌出 湧出 yǒng chū to gush / to gush out / to pour out syn
熄灭 熄滅 xī miè to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished syn
舒展 shū zhǎn to roll out / to extend / to smooth out / to unfold syn
百分之百 bǎi fēn zhī bǎi a hundred percent / out and out / absolutely syn
倾倒 傾倒 qīng dào to dump / to pour out / to empty out syn
理顺 理順 lǐ shùn to straighten out / to sort out / to organize syn
不折不扣 bù zhé bù kòu a hundred percent / to the letter / out-and-out syn
半死 bàn sǐ half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) / (tired) to death / (terrified) out of one's wits / (beaten) to within an inch of one's life / (knock) the daylights out of sb syn
叫唤 叫喚 jiào huan to cry out / to bark out a sound syn
熄火 xī huǒ (of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall
出笼 出籠 chū lóng (of food) to be taken out of the steamer / (fig.) (often used with 紛紛|纷纷[fen1 fen1]) (of products, information etc) to appear / to emerge / to come out / (fig.) to dump / to inundate the market
开票 開票 kāi piào to open ballot boxes / to count votes / to make out a voucher or invoice etc / to write out a receipt
透顶 透頂 tòu dǐng out-and-out / thoroughly syn
熄灯 熄燈 xī dēng turn out the lights / lights out
发飙 發飆 fā biāo to flip out / to act out violently
开挖 開挖 kāi wā to dig out / to excavate / to scoop out / to start digging syn
漏掉 lòu diào to miss / to leave out / to omit / to be omitted / to be missing / to slip through / to leak out / to seep away syn
彻头彻尾 徹頭徹尾 chè tóu chè wěi lit. from head to tail (idiom) / thoroughgoing / through and through / out and out / from top to bottom syn
呕心沥血 嘔心瀝血 ǒu xīn lì xuè lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom) / to work one's heart out / blood, sweat and tears syn
在野 zài yě to be out of (political) office / to be out of power syn
打爆 dǎ bào to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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