手脚

• 拼音: shǒu jiǎo
• 汉字拆解: 手 = a pictograph of a hand; 脚 = 月 + 却 (flesh component + to step — the foot as a bodily limb)

含义

Hands and feet; limbs. Also: underhand tricks; tampering. Either the literal physical limbs, or figurative reference to secret manipulation.

Has two distinct uses: (1) Literal — hands and feet as a pair, referring to one's physical limbs or dexterity (手脚麻利 — nimble/quick with hands and feet; 手脚不听使唤 — limbs not responding properly). (2) Figurative — secret manipulation, tampering, or underhand dealings (动手脚 — to tamper/rig; 在账目上动手脚 — to fiddle the accounts; 耍手脚 — to play tricks). Context almost always disambiguates.

例句

1. 质检人员怀疑承包商在浇筑混凝土时动了手脚，便委托独立机构检测多处关键结构样本。
2. 这位街头魔术师手脚很麻利，能在与观众对视时让硬币指尖游走，没人察觉另一只手的动作。
3. 内审查费用报告时发现几笔餐饮支出异常，怀疑有人在审批流程中动了手脚，已交合规部门调查。

用法指南

语境: daily life, fraud, physical ability, legal, investigation

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 专家作证时指出，有人在原始数据元数据上动了手脚，改了关键文件时间戳，企图伪造时间线掩盖事实。(The expert testified that someone had tampered with the metadata of the original data, changed key file timestamps, and tried to fake a timeline to hide the facts.)
• 高强度训练中，体操选手的手脚反复承受冲击和摩擦，若保护不足，很易引发慢性炎症或皮肤损伤。(During high-intensity training, a gymnast's hands and feet repeatedly suffer impact and friction, and without enough protection, chronic inflammation or skin injuries can easily occur.)

错误说法

• 手脚 when the context requires formal anatomical precision — use 上肢和下肢 (upper and lower limbs) or 手部和足部 (hand and foot areas) in clinical or medical writing; 手脚 is appropriate in everyday and semi-formal contexts but may sound too colloquial in formal medical documentation

起源与历史

手 (hand) + 脚 (foot — 月 flesh + 却 to step back, suggesting the foot as a limb)

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal