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to rub one's hands

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

cuo1shou3 cuōshǒu

Meaning


Primary

to rub one's hands

Alternatives

rub one's hands, rubbing one's hands, to rub the hands together, rub the hands together, to rub one's hands together, rub one's hands together

Mnemonic


搓手 To rub one's hands is 搓 to rub with the hand your other 手 hand.

Usage


天氣 太 冷, 他 不停 地 搓手。

The weather is too cold, and he keeps rubbing his hands.

她 緊張 得 搓手。

She was so nervous that she rubbed her hands together.

老人 坐 在 爐火 旁 搓手 取暖。

The old man sat by the fire, rubbing his hands to keep warm.