掌柜 (掌櫃)
zhǎng guì
Pinyin

Definition

掌柜 (掌櫃)
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zhǎng guì
  1. shopkeeper

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

掌
zhǎng
  1. 1 palm of the hand
  2. 2 sole of the foot
  3. 3 paw
  4. 4 horseshoe
  5. 5 to slap
  6. 6 to hold in one's hand
  7. 7 to wield
掌控
zhǎng kòng
  1. 1 to control
  2. 2 in control of
仙人掌
xiān rén zhǎng
  1. 1 cactus
八卦掌
bā guà zhǎng
  1. 1 baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)
巴掌
bā zhǎng
  1. 1 palm of the hand
  2. 2 classifier: slap

Idioms (7)

了如指掌
liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
  1. 1 to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)
  2. 2 to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
掌上明珠
zhǎng shàng míng zhū
  1. 1 lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. beloved person (esp. daughter)
掌声雷动
zhǎng shēng léi dòng
  1. 1 thunderous applause (idiom)
摩拳擦掌
mó quán cā zhǎng
  1. 1 fig. to rub one's fists and wipe one's palms (idiom)
  2. 2 to roll up one's sleeves for battle
  3. 3 eager to get into action or start on a task
易如反掌
yì rú fǎn zhǎng
  1. 1 easy as a hand's turn (idiom); very easy
  2. 2 no effort at all

Sample Sentences

掌柜的生气了，常常骂他。他只是笑嘻嘻地赔小心道千字比十字只多一小撇不是差不多吗？”
zhǎngguì de shēngqì le ，chángcháng mà tā 。tā zhǐshì xiàoxīxī de péixiǎoxīn dào qiān zì bǐ shí zì zhǐ duō yī xiǎo piě búshi chàbuduō ma ？”
This infuriated the bank manager and he would often reprimand him. Mr. Chabuduo's response to these incidents was always to reply with a smirk: "The number for 1,000 “千” differed from the number for 10 “十” by only one simple stroke - isn't that close enough?"
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那总有最喜欢的嘛。我最喜欢佟掌柜、白展堂、吕秀才、郭芙蓉、李大嘴......
nà zǒng yǒu zuì xǐhuan de ma 。wǒ zuì xǐhuan Dǒng zhǎngguì 、Bái Zhǎntáng 、Lǚ xiùcai 、Guō Fúróng 、Lǐ Dàzuǐ ......
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是啊。佟掌柜的陕西话和李大嘴的东北话，虽然是方言，但都和普通话比较接近，观众一听就懂。语言的喜剧效果就这样出来了。
shì ā 。Tóng zhǎngguì de Shǎnxī huà hé Lǐ Dàzuǐ de dōngběi huà ，suīrán shì fāngyán ，dàn dōu hé pǔtōnghuà bǐjiào jiējìn ，guānzhòng yī tīng jiù dǒng 。yǔyán de xǐjù xiàoguǒ jiù zhèyàng chūlái le 。
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