反掌

Chinese

		wrong side out or up; anti-	palm (of hand); in charge of
simp. and trad. (反掌)		反	掌

Etymology

Literally: to turn over one's hand (a metaphor to illustrate that something is very easy to accomplish)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǎnzhǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄓㄤˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fǎnzhǎng [Phonetic: fánzhǎng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄓㄤˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanjaang
  - IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

反掌

to turn over one's palm
to be very easy to accomplish

Derived terms

易如反掌 (yìrúfǎnzhǎng)

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