動dung6手sau2

English

1. to set about (a task)
2. (verb) 1. To start working on (something); 2. To strike (with hand)
3. to raise a hand to hit sb
4. to touch; to handle (typically used in cautioning sb *not* to touch sth)
5. to assault; to fightunreviewed?
6. to start; to do; to take actionsunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 即係郁手；做出意圖傷害其他人嘅行為unreviewed?
2. 即係落手；開始做一件事unreviewed?

Examples

• 佢想打佢細佬，佢阿媽就同佢講：「君子動口不動手。」

  "Use your words," his mother told him when he tried to strike his brother.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 自己动手真好。

  It's good to do it yourself.

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

• 湯姆善於動手。

  Tom is very good at doing things with his hands.

  Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

• 医生决定立刻动手术。

  The doctor decided to operate at once.

  Tatoeba · basilhan CC BY

• 你是动手能力强的人吗？

  Are you a hands-on person?

  Tatoeba · slo_oth CC BY

• 我得了胃腫瘤，必須動手術切除。

  I got a stomach tumor and had to have it operated on.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• unreviewed?

  仲有一個禮拜就要交功課喇，但係我仲未落手寫。

  還有一個星期就要交功課了，但是我還未動手寫。 (waan4 jau5 jat1 go3 sing1 kei4 zau6 jiu3 gaau1 gung1 fo3 liu5, daan6 si6 ngo5 waan4 mei6 dung6 sau2 se2.)

  The assignment is due within a week but I haven't started it.

• unreviewed?

  小明係整壞咗你架模型飛機，但係你都唔應該郁手打佢！

  小明是弄壞了你的模型飛機，但是你也不應該動手打他！ (siu2 ming4 si6 nung6 waai6 liu5 nei5 dik1 mou4 jing4 fei1 gei1, daan6 si6 nei5 jaa5 bat1 jing1 goi1 dung6 sau2 daa2 taa1!)

  Siu-ming broke your model aircraft but you should not initiate a fight with him! ----