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手掌

shǒu zhǎng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

手掌 (shǒu zhǎng) means "palm". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 手掌 means

1. palm

The characters in 手掌

• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 掌zhǎngpalm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw

Example sentences

• 我不弯膝也能把手掌平放在地上。
  Wǒ bù wān xī yě néng bǎshǒu zhǎng píng fàng zài dìshàng.
  I can place the palms of my hands on the floor without bending my knees.
• 我不用曲膝就能把我的手掌放到地上。
  Wǒ bù yòng qǔ xī jiù néng bǎ wǒ de shǒuzhǎng fàng dào dìshang.
  I can place the palms of my hands on the floor without bending my knees.
• 三天之后，也就是下周一，时机就成熟了，到时教授和其帮派的骨干分子都会落入警方的手掌心。
  Sān tiān zhīhòu, yě jiù shì xià Zhōuyī, shíjī jiù chéngshú le, dàoshí jiàoshòu hé qí bāngpài de gǔgàn fènzǐ dōu huì luòrù jǐngfāng de shǒuzhǎngxīn.
  In three days—that is to say, on Monday next—matters will be ripe, and the Professor, with all the principal members of his gang, will be in the hands of the police.

Words starting with 手掌

• 手掌心shǒu zhǎng xīnsee 手心

Words containing 手掌

• 甩手掌柜shuǎi shǒu zhǎng guìlit. arm-flinging shopkeeper; fig. sb who asks others to work but does nothing himself

Sounds the same

Read shǒu zhǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 首长senior official

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