掌嘴
zhǎng zuǐ
Pinyin
Definition
掌嘴
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- to slap
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 unable to conceal one's happiness, amazement, shock etc
- 2 grinning from ear to ear
- 3 mouth agape
- 4 gobsmacked
- 1 palm of the hand
- 2 sole of the foot
- 3 paw
- 4 horseshoe
- 5 to slap
- 6 to hold in one's hand
- 7 to wield
- 1 to control
- 2 in control of
Idioms (20)
了如指掌
- 1 to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)
- 2 to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
刀子嘴,豆腐心
- 1 to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
吃人家的嘴软,拿人家的手短
- 1 lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
- 2 fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
嘴快心直
- 1 outspoken and frank (idiom)
嘴甜心苦
- 1 sweet mouth, bitter heart (idiom); insincere flattery