反掌
Chinese edit
wrong side out or up; anti- | palm (of hand); in charge of | ||
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trad. (反掌) | 反 | 掌 | |
simp. #(反掌) | 反 | 掌 |
Etymology edit
Literally: to turn over one's hand (a metaphor to illustrate that something is very easy to accomplish)
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
反掌
- to turn over one's palm
- to be very easy to accomplish
Derived terms edit
- 易如反掌 (yìrúfǎnzhǎng)