股掌
gǔ zhǎng
Pinyin
Definition
股掌
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- (have sb in) the palm of one's hand
- fig. (under) one's complete control
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 buttocks
- 2 bottom
- 3 butt
- 4 back part
- 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
- 1 to grasp (often fig.)
- 2 to control
- 3 to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny)
- 4 to master
- 5 to know well
- 6 to understand sth well and know how to use it
- 7 fluency
- 1 thigh
- 2 part of a whole
- 3 portion of a sum
- 4 (stock) share
- 5 strand of a thread
- 6 low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[kē]
- 7 classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc
- 8 classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff
- 9 classifier for bands of people, gangs etc
- 10 classifier for sudden forceful actions
Idioms (13)
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
割股疗亲
- 1 to cut flesh from one's thigh to nourish a sick parent (idiom)
- 2 filial thigh-cutting
悬梁刺股
- 1 to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom)
- 2 頭懸梁,錐刺股|头悬梁,锥刺股[tóu xuán liáng
- 3 zhuī cì gǔ]
掌上明珠
- 1 lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom)
- 2 fig. beloved person (esp. daughter)
掌声雷动
- 1 thunderous applause (idiom)