留一手 liú yī shǒu

not to divulge all one's trade secrets

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 43758th word

Definitions

  1. 1. not to divulge all one's trade secrets
  2. 2. to hold back a trick

Characters

Character Meaning
留 liú HSK 3
to stay; to remain; to keep
一 yī HSK 1
one; 1; single
手 shǒu HSK 2
hand; personal(ly); person engaged in certain types of work