clap

( 手掌 ) palm ⇒ 拍巴掌 pāi bāzhang → clap

palm

clap one's hands

control ⇒ 掌握一门新技术 zhǎngwò yī mén xīn jìshù → master a new skill

manager

administer

be at the helm ⇒ 有他掌舵我们放心。 Yǒu tā zhǎngduò wǒmen fàngxīn. → As long as he's at the helm, we feel at ease.

( 喻 ) clutches pl ⇒ 她终于逃出了歹徒的魔掌。 Tā zhōngyú táochūle dǎitú de mózhǎng. → She finally escaped from the clutches of the thugs.

applaud

know like the back of one's hand

hard to achieve by oneself

be the apple of sb's eye ⇒ 她可是父亲的掌上明珠啊！ Tā kěshì fùqīn de zhǎng shàng míngzhū a! → She is the apple of her father's eye!

itch to

easy as falling off a log