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Chinese
Pronunciation
Verb
袖手
- to put one's hands into the sleeves
- to take a do-nothing attitude; to look on
Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology
From Chinese 袖手 (xiùshǒu). Attested from the 14th century.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
袖手 • (shūshu)
- idleness, lack of initiative, (literally) drawing one's hands into one's sleeves
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN