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爱不释手 (ài bù shì shǒu) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 7

爱不释手 (ài bù shì shǒu) is a Chinese word: love something so much that one can't put it down; fondle admiringly. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 爱不释手

成语 chéng yǔ idiom

love something so much that one can't put it down; fondle admiringly

她收到礼物后爱不释手,一直拿在手里欣赏。

tā shōu dào lǐ wù hòu ài bù shì shǒu yì zhí ná zài shǒu lǐ xīn shǎng

After receiving the gift, she loved it so much she couldn't put it down, holding it in her hands and admiring it.

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Word breakdown

爱 ài — love; expresses fondness and affection

不 bù — not; negation particle

释 shì — release, let go; to put down

手 shǒu — hand; the physical hand

Structure & writing
1 爱 ài — to love; to have deep affection for someone or something
爱 is a component in 1 characters

consists of

1.2 冖 mì — cover, cloth draped over something
冖 is a component in 32 characters
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1.3 友 yǒu — friend; close acquaintance
友 is a component in 1 characters

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2 不 bù — not; no (negation before verbs, adjectives, or adverbs)
不 is a component in 8 characters

不 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

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3 释 shì — to explain; to expound

释 is not used as a component in any other character.

释 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

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4 手 shǒu — hand (the part of the body below the wrist)
手 is a component in 10 characters

手 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

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