股掌
gǔ zhǎng
Pinyin

Definition

股掌
 - 
gǔ zhǎng
  1. (have sb in) the palm of one's hand
  2. fig. (under) one's complete control

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

pì gu
  1. 1 buttocks
  2. 2 bottom
  3. 3 butt
  4. 4 back part
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
zhǎng kòng
  1. 1 to control
  2. 2 in control of
zhǎng wò
  1. 1 to grasp (often fig.)
  2. 2 to control
  3. 3 to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny)
  4. 4 to master
  5. 5 to know well
  6. 6 to understand sth well and know how to use it
  7. 7 fluency
  1. 1 thigh
  2. 2 part of a whole
  3. 3 portion of a sum
  4. 4 (stock) share
  5. 5 strand of a thread
  6. 6 low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[kē]
  7. 7 classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc
  8. 8 classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff
  9. 9 classifier for bands of people, gangs etc
  10. 10 classifier for sudden forceful actions

Idioms (13)

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
割股疗亲
gē gǔ liǎo qīn
  1. 1 to cut flesh from one's thigh to nourish a sick parent (idiom)
  2. 2 filial thigh-cutting
悬梁刺股
xuán liáng cì gǔ
  1. 1 to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom)
  2. 2 頭懸梁,錐刺股|头悬梁,锥刺股[tóu xuán liáng
  3. 3 zhuī cì gǔ]
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)