jiǎ shǒu

假 手

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SW HSK 5

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n.hand prosthesis; artificial hand
- gěi bìng rén zhuāng jiǎ shǒu
  给病人装假手
  fit an amputee with a prosthetic hand
- dāng jiǎ shǒu jiē chù dào wù tǐ shí chuán gǎn qì chǎn shēng yī gè jiē yuè xiǎng yìng
  当假手接触到物体时，传感器产生一个阶跃响应。
  A step response is generated when the prosthetic hand touches an object.
2
v.do something through somebody else; make a cat's paw of somebody
- jiǎ shǒu yú rén
  假手于人
  use others to achieve one's aims
- tā yī qiè shì qing dōu zì jǐ zuò bìng bù jiǎ shǒu tā rén
  她一切事情都自己做，并不假手他人。
  She does everything himself and doesn't have anyone else to help him.
- jiǎ shǒu shā rén
  假手杀人
  borrow another person's hands to kill somebody
3
v.use a ghostwriter
- diào chá bào gào yī dìng yào zì jǐ zhuō bǐ bù néng jiǎ shǒu tā rén fǒu zé kě néng huì shī zhēn
  调查报告一定要自己捉笔，不能假手他人，否则可能会失真。
  The report has to be written by you and not ghostwritten, otherwise it probably won't be faithful to the truth.

Separable word
"假" and "手" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
- 不可以假别人的手，为自己谋利。
  You can't use other people to try to get it for yourself.

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