"Fist" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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拳头 quán tou fist / clenched fist / CL:個|个[ge4] / competitive (product)
拳 quán fist / boxing
提起 tí qǐ to mention / to speak of / to lift / to pick up / to arouse / to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc)
抱拳 bào quán to cup one's fist in the other hand (as a sign of respect)
拳脚 quán jiǎo Chinese boxing / fist and feet / punching and kicking
握拳 wò quán to make a fist
赤手空拳 chì shǒu kōng quán empty hand, empty fist (idiom) / having nothing to rely on / unarmed and defenseless
铁腕 tiě wàn iron fist (of the state)
截拳道 jié quán dào Jeet Kun Do or Way of the Intercepting Fist, a fusion of Eastern and Western martial arts led by Bruce Lee 李小龍|李小龙[Li3 Xiao3 long2]
花拳绣腿 huā quán xiù tuǐ flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom) / highly embellished and ineffectual / fancy but impractical skills / all show and no go / pugilistic wankery
绵里藏针 mián lǐ cáng zhēn lit. a needle concealed in silk floss (idiom) / fig. ruthless character behind a gentle appearance / a wolf in sheep's clothing / an iron fist in a velvet glove
饱以老拳 bǎo yǐ lǎo quán to thump repeatedly with one's fist
殴斗 ōu dòu to have a fist fight / fist fight / brawl
搥 chuí to beat with the fist / to hammer
君子动口不动手 jūn zǐ dòng kǒu bù dòng shǒu a gentleman uses his mouth and not his fist
拳棒 quán bàng martial arts / lit. fist and staff
华拳 huá quán Hua Quan - "Flowery Fist? Magnificent Fist?" - Martial Art
对抗铁拳政策委员会  Committee Confronting the Iron Fist Policy
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