thunderous applause (idiom)
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to operate the camera / to be responsible for photography or cinematography
sect leader (often in wuxia 武俠|武侠[] fiction)
(wuxia) sect leader / (fig.) person in charge / head / leader / proprietor
lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb) / fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute / it takes two to tango / it's difficult to achieve anything without support
in charge (of a position etc) / the person in charge / responsible
see 了如指掌[]
prickly pear
(microbiology) Bacillus cereus
baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)
lit. to turn over one's palm / fig. everything is going very well.
to clasp hands / to put one's palms together (in prayer)
see 佛手瓜[]
It's hard to clap with only one hand. / It takes two to tango / It's difficult to achieve anything without support.
lit. to give sb a slap, then offer a sweet date (idiom) / fig. to deal harshly with sb, then offer sth by way of consolation
to clap / to applaud
to clap hands
to take over / to take control
to clasp hands / to put one's palms together (in obeisance)
see 易如反掌[]
see 易如反掌[]
(neologism) (slang) to have sex
lit. arm-flinging shopkeeper / fig. sb who asks others to work but does nothing himself
see 了如指掌[]
to be in charge of / assignment
(have sb in) the palm of one's hand / fig. (under) one's complete control
Yixianosaurus longimanus, theropod dinosaur from Yi county 義縣|义县, Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, west Liaoning
the cutin skin of a horse's hoof / horseshoe
lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. you must choose one or the other / you can't always get everything you want / you can't have your cake and eat it
lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. you must choose one or the other / you can't always get everything you want / you can't have your cake and eat it
duck foot
goose foot
Chinese tulip tree / Liriodendron chinense
variant of 了如指掌[]
the palm of the Buddha's hand (a metaphor for a higher authority or force from whose control one cannot break free, from 西遊記|西游记[], "Journey to the West")
variant of 摩拳擦掌[]
(literary) busy (with work etc)
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