摩挲 mā sa (coll.) to remove (crinkles, dirt) with the palm of the hand / Taiwan pr. [mo2suo1] syn 掌上明珠 zhǎng shàng míng zhū lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom) / fig. beloved person (esp. daughter) syn 铁树 鐵樹 tiě shù sago palm (Cycas revoluta) syn 混充 hùn chōng to pass oneself off as sb / to palm sth off as syn 手掌 shǒu zhǎng palm syn 假冒 jiǎ mào to impersonate / to pose as (someone else) / to counterfeit / to palm off (a fake as a genuine) syn 手心 shǒu xīn palm (of one's hand) / control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand) syn 掌心 zhǎng xīn hollow of the palm syn 巴掌 bā zhǎng palm of the hand / classifier: slap syn 槟榔 檳榔 bīng lang betel palm (Areca catechu) / betel nut 椰子 yē zi a coconut palm / a coconut syn 棕榈 棕櫚 zōng lǘ palm tree syn 棕榈油 棕櫚油 zōng lǘ yóu palm oil 手相 shǒu xiàng palmistry / features of a palm (in palmistry) 狸猫 狸貓 lí māo leopard cat / raccoon dog / palm civet syn 果子狸 guǒ zi lí masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) 棕榈树 棕櫚樹 zōng lǘ shù palm tree 蒲扇 pú shàn palm-leaf fan / cattail-leaf fan 芭蕉扇 bā jiāo shàn palm-leaf fan syn 反掌 fǎn zhǎng lit. to turn over one's palm / fig. everything is going very well. 苏铁 蘇鐵 sū tiě sago palm (Cycas revoluta) syn 棕树 棕樹 zōng shù palm tree syn 混充 hún chōng to pass oneself off as sb / to palm sth off as syn 掌 zhǎng palm of the hand / sole of the foot / paw / horseshoe / to slap / to hold in one's hand / to wield syn 海枣 海棗 hǎi zǎo date palm / date (fruit) syn 棕榈科 棕櫚科 zōng lǘ kē Arecaceae or Palmae, the palm family 椰 yē (bound form) coconut palm / Taiwan pr. [ye2] syn 榈 櫚 lǘ palm tree 槟 檳 bīn betel palm (Areca catechu) / betel nut / Taiwan pr. bin1 槟 檳 bīng betel palm (Areca catechu) / betel nut / Taiwan pr. [bin1] 揎 xuān to roll up one's sleeves / to slap with the palm syn 梵册贝叶 梵冊貝葉 fàn cè bèi yè Sanskrit on Talipot palm leaves (idiom) / Buddhist scripture 一个巴掌拍不响 一個巴掌拍不響 yī ge bā zhǎng pāi bù xiǎng lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb) / fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute / it takes two to tango / it's difficult to achieve anything without support 贝多 貝多 bèi duō pattra palm tree (loan from Sanskrit, Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras 椰枣 椰棗 yē zǎo date palm / date (fruit) syn 棕毛 zōng máo palm fiber / coir 棕缚 棕縛 zōng fù palm fiber / rope of palm fiber / coir (coconut fiber) 翻手为云覆手变雨 翻手為雲覆手變雨 fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain / very powerful and capable (idiom) 棕闾 棕閭 zōng lǘ palm 桄榔 guāng láng arenga or sugar palm (Arenga pinnata) 棕垫 棕墊 zōng diàn palm fiber mat 棕枝主日 zōng zhī zhǔ rì Palm Sunday (Sunday before Easter) 棕枝全日 zōng zhī quán rì Palm Sunday (Christian Festival one week before Easter) 棕榈属 棕櫚屬 zōng lǘ shǔ palm tree genus (Areca spp.) 棕毯 zōng tǎn coir mat / palm fiber matting 棕编 棕編 zōng biān woven palm fiber (used in handicraft) / coir / woven coconut fiber 棕绷 棕繃 zōng bēng rectangular frame with a palm fiber mat woven across it (placed on a bed frame as the sleeping surface) 棕绳 棕繩 zōng shéng rope of palm fiber / coir (coconut fiber) 油棕 yóu zōng oil palm syn 蒲葵 pú kuí Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis) 调包 調包 diào bāo to steal sb's valuable item and substitute a similar-looking but worthless item / to sell a fake for the genuine article / to palm off 贝多罗树 貝多羅樹 bèi duō luó shù Talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as writing media 贝叶 貝葉 bèi yè pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras 贝叶棕 貝葉棕 bèi yè zōng pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras 贝叶经 貝葉經 bèi yè jīng sutra written on leaves of pattra palm tree 锯棕榈 鋸棕櫚 jù zōng lǘ saw palmetto (Serenoa repens, a small palm, an extract of whose fruit is used medicinally) 霸王树 霸王樹 bà wáng shù Madagascar palm (Pachypodium lamerei) 猫屎咖啡 貓屎咖啡 māo shǐ kā fēi "kopi luwak" or civet coffee, made from coffee beans plucked from Asian palm civet's feces 葵扇 kuí shàn palm-leaf fan syn 棕榈仁油 zōng lǘ rén yóu palm kernel oil 事业线 事業線 shì yè xiàn (palmistry) fate line / career prospects line (running vertically up the palm to the base of the middle finger) / (slang) cleavage 掌相 zhǎng xiàng palmistry / features of a palm (in palmistry) 股掌 gǔ zhǎng (have sb in) the palm of one's hand / fig. (under) one's complete control 椰子猫 椰子貓 yē zi māo Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called toddy cat 手心手背都是肉 shǒu xīn shǒu bèi dōu shì ròu lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom) / fig. to both be of equal importance / to value both equally 棕雨燕 zōng yǔ yàn (bird species of China) Asian palm swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis) 灵气疗法 靈氣療法 líng qì liáo fǎ Reiki (palm healing) 掌掴 掌摑 zhǎng guāi to slap (with the palm of the hand) 白鼻心 bái bí xīn palm civet (Paguma larvata) 巴掌 bā zhang palm of the hand / classifier: slap syn 如来佛的掌心 如來佛的掌心 rú lái fó de zhǎng xīn the palm of the Buddha's hand (a metaphor for a higher authority or force from whose control one cannot break free, from 西遊記|西游记[Xi1you2 Ji4], "Journey to the West") 