浑身解数

渾身解數

húnshēnxièshù

idiom

Meanings

1 all one's skills (idiom)
2 every trick in one's repertoire
3 one's full bag of tricks

Characters

martial arts move

Examples

为了赢得比赛，他使出了浑身解数。

Wèile yíngdé bǐsài, tā shǐchū le húnshēnxièshù.

To win the match, he used every trick in his playbook.

厨师拿出浑身解数招待客人。

Chúshī ná chū húnshēnxièshù zhāodài kèrén.

The chef pulled out all the stops to entertain the guests.

她使出浑身解数说服父母。

Tā shǐchū húnshēnxièshù shuōfú fùmǔ.

She tried every tactic she knew to persuade her parents.

Tips

history

From Wu Cheng'en's Ming-dynasty 《西游记》 chapter 73: 浑身解数如花锦 — describing a character's display of martial arts as brilliant as brocade. 解数 (xièshù) originally meant a wushu form or move, and the idiom kept that 'every move I know' sense.

mistakes

Read 解 as xiè (not jiě) here — it is the martial-arts reading meaning 'move/technique'. Always used with a verb of effort: 使出, 拿出, 施展浑身解数.

Stroke Order

浑 hún

身 shēn

解 jiě

数 shù