着手成春 — Chinese idiom
着手成春
zhuó shǒu chéng chūn
Traditional: 著手成春
Meaning
- lit. set out and it becomes spring ; to effect a miracle cure (of medical operation)
- to bring back the dead
- once it starts, everything goes well
Character by character
- 着zhuóto make a move, to take action
- 手shǒuhand
- 成chéngto accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish;
- 春chūnspringtime; joyful, lustful, wanton
Idioms sharing a character
- 棋高一着 qí gāo yī zhāo
- 沉着应战 chén zhuó yìng zhàn
- 七手八脚 qī shǒu bā jiǎo
- 上下其手 shàng xià qí shǒu
- 假手于人 jiǎ shǒu yú rén
- 两手空空 liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
- 大手大脚 dà shǒu dà jiǎo
- 大显身手 dà xiǎn shēn shǒu
- 妙手回春 miào shǒu huí chūn
- 得心应手 dé xīn yìng shǒu
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