舉手之勞 jǔ shǒu zhī láo

lit. the exertion of lifting one's hand (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. the exertion of lifting one's hand (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. a very slight effort

Characters

Character Meaning
舉 jǔ
to raise; to lift; to hold up
手 shǒu HSK 2
hand; personal(ly); person engaged in certain types of work
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
勞 láo
labor; to toil; to put sb to trouble (of doing sth)