"巴掌" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
巴掌 bā zhǎng palm of the hand / classifier: slap syn
巴掌 bā zhang palm of the hand / classifier: slap syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
一巴掌 yī bā zhǎng a slap / a spank
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
打一巴掌,给个甜枣 打一巴掌,給個甜棗 dǎ yī bā zhang , gěi gè tián zǎo lit. to give sb a slap, then offer a sweet date (idiom) / fig. to deal harshly with sb, then offer sth by way of consolation

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