HSK 5 · verb · Practice
动手
to set to work; to touch; to get started
大家动手打扫教室。
Dàjiā dòngshǒu dǎsǎo jiàoshì.
Everyone set to work cleaning the classroom.
对方先动手，我们只好反击。
Duìfāng xiān dòngshǒu， wǒmen zhǐhǎo fǎnjī。
The other side struck first, so we had no choice but to fight back.