下手 xiàshǒu

xiàshǒu verb to start; to put one's hand to; to set about; the seat to the right of the main guest
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '下手')

Also contained in

先下手为强 、 无从下手 、 打下手 、 老鼠拉龟，无从下手

Word is mentioned most frequently in

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  • Scroll 1 The Secret Eight Syllable Dharani and Mandala Practice of the Great Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva (Da Sheng Miao Jixiang Pusa Mimi Ba Zi Tuoluoni Xiuxing Mantuluo Cidi Yi Gui Fa) 大聖妙吉祥菩薩祕密八字陀羅尼修行曼荼羅次第儀軌法 — count: 4
  • Scroll 2 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 4 , has English translation
  • Scroll 2 Commander Atavaka makes an Offering to the Buddha Dharani Liturgy (A Zha Bao Ju Yuan Shuai Da Jiang Shang Fotuo Luo Ni Jing Xiuxing Yi Gui) 阿吒薄俱元帥大將上佛陀羅尼經修行儀軌 — count: 4
  • Scroll 2 Quotations from Chan Master Fenyang Wude 汾陽無德禪師語錄 — count: 4
  • Scroll 5 The Baizhang Zen Monastic Regulations 勅修百丈清規 — count: 3
  • Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Xu Tang 虛堂和尚語錄 — count: 3
  • Scroll 6 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 3 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Ritual of the Dual-Bodied Vinaayaka (Da Sheng Tian Huanxi Shuang Shen Pinayejia Fa) 大聖天歡喜雙身毘那夜迦法 — count: 2 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Garuda and Deva Mantra Sutra (Jialouluo Ji Zhutian Miyan Jing) 迦樓羅及諸天密言經 — count: 2
  • Scroll 11 Sutra on the Wise and Foolish (Damamūka) 賢愚經 — count: 2

Collocations

  • 下手处 (下手處) 直得無下手處 — Quotations from Chan Master Wu Ben from Dongshan, Yunzhou 筠州洞山悟本禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 20
  • 下手执 (下手執) 下手執念珠 — Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Mani Jewel Wheel Dharani Liturgy (Guanshiyin Pusa Ruyi Moni Lun Tuoluoni Niansong Fa) 觀世音菩薩如意摩尼輪陀羅尼念誦法, Scroll 1 — count: 14
  • 下手菩萨 (下手菩薩) 常下手菩薩 — Guang Zan Jing 光讚經, Scroll 1 — count: 11
  • 处下手 (處下手) 處下手 — Quotations from Chan Master Qingjing Wenyi of Jinling 金陵清涼院文益禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 6
  • 下手弄 (下手弄) 果見韶陽下手弄 — Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄, Scroll 2 — count: 5
  • 某甲下手 (某甲下手) 某甲下手 — Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue 明覺禪師語錄, Scroll 3 — count: 4
  • 下手侧 (下手側) 定下手側掌 — Vairocana Sutra Lotus Platform Matrix Assembly Compassion Mandala Liturgy (She Da Piluzhena Cheng Fo Shenbian Jia Chi Jing Ru Lianhua Tai Cang Hai Hui Bei Sheng Man Tu Luo Guangda Niansong Yi Gui Gongyang Fangbian Hui) 攝大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經入蓮華胎藏海會悲生曼荼攞廣大念誦儀軌供養方便會, Scroll 2 — count: 3
  • 下手打 (下手打) 織師下手打織時 — Mahāsaṅghikavinaya (Mohesengzhi Lu) 摩訶僧祇律, Scroll 11 — count: 3
  • 韶阳下手 (韶陽下手) 果見韶陽下手弄 — Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄, Scroll 2 — count: 3
  • 下手时 (下手時) 即下手時有二種落 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經, Scroll 39 — count: 3