撒手不管

sāshǒu-bùguǎn

idiom #19,778

Meanings

HSK 4

你不能遇到困难就撒手不管。

Nǐ bùnéng yùdào kùnnán jiù sāshǒu-bùguǎn.

You can't just give up and walk away when you encounter difficulties.

HSK 5

他把孩子丢给父母就撒手不管了。

Tā bǎ háizi diū gěi fùmǔ jiù sāshǒu-bùguǎn le.

He left the kids with his parents and washed his hands of it.

memory

Picture literally opening your hands (撒手) and letting go - then refusing to manage (不管) anything. Hands off!

撒 sā

手 shǒu

不 bù

管 guǎn