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  • v.hold back a trick or two (in teaching a trade or skill)

    • lǎo shī fu bǎ quán bù jì yì chuán gěi tú gōng bù xiàng cóng qián nà yàng liú yī shǒu le

      师傅全部技艺徒工从前那样留一手

      No longer holding back on the odd trick of the trade like before, the old master taught all his skills to the apprentice.

    • wǒ rèn wéi wǒ men yīng gāi liú yī shǒu

      认为我们应该留一手

      I think we should hold back a trick or two.

    • nǐ hái zhēn shi yǒu liú yī shǒu de jǐn náng miào jì ne

      真是留一手锦囊妙计

      You surely have a card up your sleeve!