# 得手 (déshǒu)

In Mandarin Chinese, 得手 (déshǒu) means “to succeed; to pull it off”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to succeed; to pull it off
- Pinyin: déshǒu (de2 shou3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 小偷还没得手就被抓住了。
  Xiǎotōu hái méi déshǒu jiù bèi zhuāzhùle.
  The thief was caught before he could succeed.

## Characters

- [得](https://hanziro.com/word/de-complement-marker/) (de): (particle) complement marker
- [手](https://hanziro.com/word/shou-hand/) (shǒu): hand

https://hanziro.com/word/de-shou-succeed/

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