Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
接手
jiēshǒu
Description
"接手"的意思是接过别人做的工作或事情，自己开始负责。
"接手" means to take over work or tasks from someone else and start being responsible for them.
比如老板走了以后，别人来接手他的工作。
For example, after the boss leaves, someone else comes to 接手 his work.
Meanings
接手jiēshǒu
to take over (a job, task, or responsibility)
他走了，谁来接手这个项目？
He left; who will take over this project?
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Notes
- Etymology
接 (to receive/take) + 手 (hand), literally "take over by hand".
- Nuance
接手 stresses continuing another's work; 接管 implies fuller managerial control.
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