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巴掌

bā zhang

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

巴掌 (bā zhang) means "palm of the hand; classifier: slap". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 巴掌 means

1. palm of the hand
2. classifier: slap

The characters in 巴掌

• 巴bāto long for; to wish; to cling to
• 掌zhǎngpalm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw

Example sentences

• 她打了他一巴掌。
  She slapped him in the face.
• 我想过扇你一巴掌。
  I wanted to smack you.
• 玛丽给了汤姆的右脸一巴掌，然后踩了他的左脚。
  After slapping Tom's right cheek, Mary stomped on his left foot.

Words containing 巴掌

• 一个巴掌拍不响yī ge bā zhǎng pāi bù xiǎnglit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb); fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute…
• 打一巴掌，给个甜枣dǎ yī bā zhang , gěi gè tián zǎolit. to give sb a slap, then offer a sweet date (idiom)…

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