No. 2,694 in Chinese
人手
"人手" means "manpower" or "staff."
In a sentence
我们需要更多的人手来完成这项任务。
We need more hands to complete this task.
In this sentence, '人手' refers to manpower or the number of people required to accomplish a task.
公司目前缺乏人手，正在招聘新人。
The company is currently lacking hands and is recruiting new people.
Here, '人手' is used to describe a shortage of personnel in an organization, indicating the need for additional employees.
现在人手足够了，我们可以开始了。
We have enough hands now, so we can start.
In this example, '人手' conveys the idea of having sufficient people to perform an activity, implying readiness to proceed.
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