魔手 (mó shǒu) — devil's hand (literal); (figurative) evil influence, corrupting reach
Definition
魔手 is a literary metaphor meaning 'evil hand / corrupting reach' — used for sinister forces (crime, corruption, drug trade) extending into a place, not a literal hand. Closer to 魔爪 (claws of evil) than to plain 手.
noun
devil's hand (literal)(figurative) evil influencecorrupting reach
Measure word · 只
Examples
- ，魔手。Tā huà le yí gè è mó, mó shǒu xiǎn de fēi cháng kǒng bù.He drew a demon, and its devil's hand looked terrifying.
- 魔手。Dú pǐn jiāo yì de mó shǒu yǐ jīng shēn xiàng le xiào yuán.The devil's hand of drug trafficking has already reached into school campuses.
- 魔手。Tā bù xiǎng ràng fǔ bài de mó shǒu kòng zhì zhè ge zǔ zhī.He doesn't want the devil's hand of corruption to control this organization.
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