上手

shàngshǒu
  1. to obtain
  2. to master
  3. overhand (serve etc)
  4. seat of honor

CEDICT

  1. (card games) player whose turn comes next
  2. (colloquial) at the outset
  3. (philosophy) ready-to-hand
  4. alternative form of 上首 (shàngshǒu, “honored one; seat of honor”)
  5. at the outset
  6. expert
  7. player whose turn comes next
  8. predecessor; one's superior
  9. ready-to-hand
  10. to get in one's hand; to get (fish, etc.) on the hook
  11. to start; to begin

Wiktionary

  1. 高手。
  2. 位次较尊的一侧。
  3. 先前的经手人。
  4. 到手，达到某种目的。
  5. 开始。
  6. 先例、榜样。

重編國語辭典

  1. 位次较尊的一侧。
  2. 先例、榜样。
  3. 先前的经手人。
  4. 到手，达到某种目的。
  5. 开始。
  6. 高手。

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 上 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
2 手 shǒu
  1. hand
  2. (formal) to hold
  3. person engaged in certain types of work
  4. person skilled in certain types of work
  5. personal(ly)
  6. convenient
  7. classifier for skill

classifiers: 雙, 隻

Related entries

㝵 dé to obtain (old variant of 得 dé)
征得 zhēngdé to obtain (permission etc)
得 dé
  1. to obtain
  2. to get
  3. to gain
  4. to catch (a disease)
  5. proper
  6. suitable
  7. proud
  8. contented
  9. to allow
  10. to permit
  11. ready
  12. finished
跑得飛快

Run like the wind.

Run very fast.

Source: Tatoeba

得着 dézháo to obtain
调取 diàoqǔ to obtain (information from an archive etc)
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