手下

shǒu xià

B1 Level 5

手下 (shǒu xià) is a Chinese word meaning “under one's control or administration”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. under one's control or administration
  2. subordinates
  3. (money etc) on hand
  4. sb's financial means
  5. when taking action

Stroke order

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Example

這位經理的手下有很多員工。

This manager has many employees under him.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).