耸肩 (sǒng jiān) — to shrug one's shoulders
Definition
A concrete verb meaning 'to shrug one's shoulders,' often reduplicated as 耸了耸肩 to indicate a brief, casual gesture. It typically signals 'I don't know' or 'I can't help it.'
verb
to shrug one's shoulders
Examples
- ，。Tā sǒng le sǒng jiān, shén me yě méi shuō.He shrugged his shoulders and said nothing.
- ，耸肩。Yù dào zhè zhǒng wèn tí, tā zhǐ shì sǒng jiān biǎo shì méi bàn fǎ.When faced with this kind of problem, he just shrugged to show he had no way out.
- 耸肩：“。”Tā sǒng jiān shuō: "wǒ yě bù qīng chǔ."She shrugged and said, “I’m not sure either.”
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