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What does 手掌 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

手掌 shǒuzhǎng

palm (of the hand)

Its characters

  1. 手 shǒu hand
  2. 掌 zhǎng palm (of the hand)

In a sentence

小宝宝的手掌又小又软。 The baby's palms are small and soft.

他正要再飞出去,如来佛祖却把手掌一翻,把他从西天门推了出去,又把五根手指变成金、木、水、火、土五座连在一起的大山

From 五行山下 · Under the Five-Element Mountain

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