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熊掌

xióng zhǎng

2-character word

What 熊掌 means

1. bear paw (as food)

The characters in 熊掌

• 熊xióngbear; (colloquial) to scold; to rebuke; (colloquial) weak; incapable
• 掌zhǎngpalm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw

Example sentences

• 鱼与熊掌不可兼得。
  You cannot eat your cake and keep it.

Words containing 熊掌

• 鱼与熊掌yú yǔ xióng zhǎnglit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time…
• 鱼与熊掌不可兼得yú yǔ xióng zhǎng bù kě jiān délit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time…

Sounds the same

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

• 雄长fierce and ambitious character; formidable person