lit. arm-flinging shopkeeper; fig. sb who asks others to work but does nothing himself
trad. 甩手掌櫃
Also written 甩手掌櫃【shuǎi shǒu zhǎng guì】
Characters in this word
4甩
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to throw, to fling, to swing, to leave behind, to throw off, to dump (sb)
- Pinyin
- shuǎi
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 3233 of 2500
手
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hand, (formal) to hold, person engaged in certain types of work, person skilled in certain types of work, personal(ly), convenient, classifier for skill, CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- shǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 490 of 2500
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
- Pinyin
- zhǎng
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 14233 of 2500
柜
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variant of 櫃|柜[gui4]
- Pinyin
- guì
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 25322 of 2500