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接手

jiēshǒu

to take over; to take charge of

A person takes a thick folder from another's hands at a desk
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Characters in this word

接 jiē

Strokes
11
Radical
扌 — hand
Made of
扌 hand 妾 concubine
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

手 shǒu

Strokes
4
Radical
手 — hand
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 新团队接手项目后,没有否定前任方案,而是先梳理遗留风险。 Xīn tuánduì jiēshǒu xiàngmù hòu, méiyǒu fǒudìng qiánrèn fāng'àn, ér shì xiān shūlǐ yíliú fēngxiǎn. After taking over the project, the new team did not reject the previous plan, but first sorted through the remaining risks.
  • 这家餐厅明年由他女儿接手。 Zhè jiā cāntīng míngnián yóu tā nǚ'ér jiēshǒu. Next year his daughter will take over this restaurant.
  • 我刚接手这项工作,还有很多地方不熟悉。 Wǒ gāng jiēshǒu zhè xiàng gōngzuò, hái yǒu hěn duō dìfang bù shúxī. I have only just taken over this job, and there is still a lot I'm not familiar with.

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