上 下 其 手

shàng xià qí shǒudictionary entry

to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint / fig. conspiring to defraud

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Original source entry:

上下其手 上下其手 [shang4 xia4 qi2 shou3] /to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint/fig. conspiring to defraud/

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