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What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 巴掌 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

巴掌 bāzhang

palm (of the hand)

It can also mean

  • slap

Its characters

  1. 巴 bā (suffix) used in some nouns (as in 尾巴, 嘴巴)
  2. 掌 zhǎng palm (of the hand)

In a sentence

玛丽给了汤姆的右脸一巴掌,然后踩了他的左脚。 After slapping Tom's right cheek, Mary stomped on his left foot.

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