还手 (huán shǒu) — to hit back, to retaliate physically

Definizione

还手 means 'to hit back, to strike back' (physically retaliate). As a separable verb, 还得上手 / 还了一次手 uses the measure 次 between the halves.

verb

to hit backto retaliate physically

，还手。
Tā bèi rén dǎ le, dàn méi yǒu huán shǒu.
He was hit by someone, but he didn't hit back.
，。
Duì fāng xiān dòng shǒu, tā cái hái le yí cì shǒu.
The other side struck first, and only then did he hit back once.
还手，。
Tā qì dé xiǎng huán shǒu, dàn rěn zhù le.
He was so angry he wanted to hit back, but he held himself back.

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