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磨拳擦掌

mó quán cā zhǎng

4-character word

What 磨拳擦掌 means

1. variant of {摩拳擦掌|mō quán cā zhǎng}

The characters in 磨拳擦掌

• 磨móto rub; to grind; to polish
• 拳quánfist; boxing
• 擦cāto rub; to scratch; to wipe; to polish; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc)
• 掌zhǎngpalm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw

Sounds the same

Read mó quán cā zhǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 摩拳擦掌fig. to rub one's fists and wipe one's palms (idiom)…