着手
zhuóshǒu
to begin; to set about
Characters in this word
手 shǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 手 — hand
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 审计结果公布后，公司立即着手清理长期积压的合同。 Shěnjì jiéguǒ gōngbù hòu, gōngsī lìjí zhuóshǒu qīnglǐ chángqī jīyā de hétong. After the audit results were released, the company immediately began clearing long-backlogged contracts.
- 会议结束后，经理马上着手制定新的销售计划。 Huìyì jiéshù hòu, jīnglǐ mǎshàng zhuóshǒu zhìdìng xīn de xiāoshòu jìhuà. As soon as the meeting ended, the manager immediately set about drawing up a new sales plan.
- 研究小组已经着手调查河水污染的原因。 Yánjiū xiǎozǔ yǐjīng zhuóshǒu diàochá héshuǐ wūrǎn de yuányīn. The research team has already begun investigating the cause of the river pollution.
Related words
- 着 zhe particle for an ongoing action or state (-ing)
- 接着 jiēzhe then; to continue
- 睡着 shuìzháo to fall asleep
- 着 zháo to successfully do (result ending)
- 着火 zháohuǒ to catch fire
- 着急 zháojí worried; anxious
- 随着 suízhe following; as
- 意味着 yìwèizhe to mean
- 用不着 yòngbuzháo need not
- 有着 yǒuzhe to have
- 本着 běnzhe in accordance with; acting on the basis of
- 沉着 chénzhuó calm; composed