33 results for *掌
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palm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw; horseshoe; to slap; to hold in one's hand; to wield
palm
to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom); to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
to clap one's hands; to clap each other's hands; high five
cactus
palm of the hand; classifier: slap
easy as a hand's turn (idiom); very easy; no effort at all
the power of sb or sth evil; the clutches (of a bad person etc)
(have sb in) the palm of one's hand; fig. (under) one's complete control
in charge (of a position etc); the person in charge; responsible
lit. to turn over one's palm; fig. everything is going very well.
to clasp hands; to put one's palms together (in prayer)
to wield (power etc)
to clap; to applaud
to clap hands
to take over; to take control
bear paw (as food)
to be in charge of; assignment
the sole of the foot
(literary) busy (with work etc)
the cutin skin of a horse's hoof; horseshoe
duck foot
goose foot
baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)
lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other; you can't always get everything you want; you can't have your cake and eat it
(neologism) (slang) to have sex
see 了如指掌[liao3 ru2 zhi3 zhang3]
fig. to rub one's fists and wipe one's palms (idiom); to roll up one's sleeves for battle; eager to get into action or start on a task
to clasp hands; to put one's palms together (in obeisance)
see 易如反掌[yi4 ru2 fan3 zhang3]
see 易如反掌[yi4 ru2 fan3 zhang3]
variant of 摩拳擦掌[mo1 quan2 ca1 zhang3]