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palm
HSK 7-9
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
pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
a coconut palm / a coconut
HSK 7-9
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  *棕* | 棕* | *棕
palm / palm fiber / coir (coconut fiber) / brown
Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called toddy cat
to impersonate / to pose as (someone else) / to counterfeit / to palm off (a fake as a genuine)
HSK 7-9
saw palmetto (Serenoa repens, a small palm, an extract of whose fruit is used medicinally)
to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together / (Tw) religious ceremony in which offerings are made to a deity
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
fig. to rub one's fists and wipe one's palms (idiom) / to roll up one's sleeves for battle / eager to get into action or start on a task
hollow of the palm
to clasp hands / to put one's palms together (in prayer)
to put one's palms together (in prayer or greeting)
palmistry / features of a palm (in palmistry)
coir mat / palm fiber matting
palm (of one's hand) / control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand)
palm oil
leopard cat / raccoon dog / palm civet
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  *托* | 托* | *托
to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm / sth serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest) / (bound form) a shill / to ask; to beg; to entrust (variant of 託|托) / torr (unit of pressure)
HSK 6
(coll.) to remove (crinkles, dirt) with the palm of the hand / Taiwan pr. [mo2suo1]
lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom) / fig. to both be of equal importance / to value both equally
oil palm
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  *掌* | 掌* | *掌
palm of the hand / sole of the foot / paw / horseshoe / to slap / to hold in one's hand / to wield
date palm; date (fruit)
(palmistry) fate line; career prospects line (running vertically up the palm to the base of the middle finger) / (slang) cleavage
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
palmistry / features of a palm (in palmistry)
lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom) / fig. beloved person (esp. daughter)
palm-leaf fan
palm tree
palm tree
palm of the hand / classifier: slap
Talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as writing media
lit. to turn over one's palm / fig. everything is going very well.
lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain / very powerful and capable (idiom)
palm fiber / coir
betel palm (Areca catechu); betel nut
to pass oneself off as sb / to palm sth off as
palm civet (Paguma larvata)
Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)
Madagascar palm (Pachypodium lamerei)
(have sb in) the palm of one's hand / fig. (under) one's complete control
to steal sb's valuable item and substitute a similar-looking but worthless item; to sell a fake for the genuine article; to palm off
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")
masked palm civet (Paguma larvata)
date palm; date (fruit)
palm-leaf fan / cattail-leaf fan
"kopi luwak" or civet coffee, made from coffee beans plucked from Asian palm civet's feces
palm tree
palm fiber / rope of palm fiber / coir (coconut fiber)
to put one's palms together (in prayer or greeting) / to work with a common purpose / harmonious / convenient (to use)
rope of palm fiber / coir (coconut fiber)
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  *椰* | 椰* | *椰
(bound form) coconut palm / Taiwan pr. [ye2]
palm-leaf fan
Reiki (palm healing)
(bird species of China) Asian palm swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis)
rectangular frame with a palm fiber mat woven across it (placed on a bed frame as the sleeping surface)
Palm Sunday (Christian Festival one week before Easter)
woven palm fiber (used in handicraft) / coir / woven coconut fiber
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *揎* | 揎* | *揎
to roll up one's sleeves / to slap with the palm
to clasp hands / to put one's palms together (in obeisance)
palm fiber mat
to slap (with the palm of the hand)
Sanskrit on Talipot palm leaves (idiom); Buddhist scripture
sutra written on leaves of pattra palm tree
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  *櫚* | 櫚* | *櫚
palm tree
arenga or sugar palm (Arenga pinnata)
Arecaceae or Palmae, the palm family
pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
Palm Sunday (Sunday before Easter)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *桹* | 桹* | *桹
(palm)
pattra palm tree (loan from Sanskrit, Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
palm tree genus (Areca spp.)


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