HSK 7–9 · verb · Practice
下手
to start doing; to set about; to strike
这件事太复杂,我不知道从哪儿下手。
Zhè jiàn shì tài fùzá, wǒ bù zhīdào cóng nǎr xiàshǒu。
This matter is too complicated; I don't know where to start.
周末我去饭馆给朋友打下手。
Zhōumò wǒ qù fànguǎn gěi péngyou dǎ xiàshǒu。
On weekends I help out at a friend's restaurant.
事情太复杂,我一时无从下手。
Shìqing tài fùzá, wǒ yìshí wúcóng xiàshǒu。
The matter is too complicated; for a moment I had no way to start.