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

无从下手 、 先下手为强 、 打下手 、 老鼠拉龟，无从下手

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • 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 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 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 1 Quotations from Abbot Xu Tang 虛堂和尚語錄 — count: 3
  • Scroll 5 The Baizhang Zen Monastic Regulations 勅修百丈清規 — 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 The Golden Vināyaka Dhāraṇī Sūtra (Fo Shuo Jinse Jia Na Bo Di Tuoluoni Jing) 佛說金色迦那鉢底陀羅尼經 — count: 2
  • Scroll 2 Mahābalavajrakrodhasūtra (Da Weili Wu Shu Se Mo Ming Wang Jing) 大威力烏樞瑟摩明王經 — count: 2
  • Scroll 1 Amoghapāśa Dhāraṇī and īśāna Mantra Sūtra (Bu Kong Juan Suo Tuoluoni Zizai Wang Zhou Jing) 不空羂索陀羅尼自在王呪經 — count: 2 , has English translation

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
  • 下手打 (下手打) 織師下手打織時 — Mahāsaṅghikavinaya (Mohesengzhi Lu) 摩訶僧祇律, Scroll 11 — 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
  • 先下手 (先下手) 誰應先下手乎 — Older Sutra of Parables 舊雜譬喻經, Scroll 1 — 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