浑身解数

渾身解數

húnshēn-xièshù

idiom

Meanings

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

Characters

martial arts move

Examples

HSK 4

为了赢得比赛，他使出了浑身解数。

Wèile yíngdé bǐsài, tā shǐ chū le húnshēn-xièshù.

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

HSK 4

她使出浑身解数说服父母。

Tā shǐ chū húnshēn-xièshù shuōfú fùmǔ.

She tried every tactic she knew to persuade her parents.

HSK 7-9

厨师拿出浑身解数招待客人。

Chúshī náchū húnshēn-xièshù zhāodài kèrén.

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

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 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