手 掌 shǒu zhǎng palm 手 心 shǒu xīn palm (of one's hand) / control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand) 棕 闾 zōng lu:2 palm 假 冒 jiǎ mào to impersonate / to pose as (someone else) / to counterfeit / to palm off (a fake as a genuine) 掌 心 zhǎng xīn hollow of the palm 巴 掌 bā zhǎng palm of the hand / classifier: slap 槟 榔 bīng lang betel palm (Areca catechu) / betel nut 棕 榈 zōng lu:2 palm tree 摩 挲 mā sa (coll.) to remove (crinkles, dirt) with the palm of the hand / Taiwan pr. [mo2 suo1] 棕 榈 油 zōng lu:2 yóu palm oil 手 相 shǒu xiàng palmistry / features of a palm (in palmistry) 掌 上 明 珠 zhǎng shàng míng zhū lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom) / fig. beloved person (esp. daughter) 狸 猫 lí māo leopard cat / raccoon dog / palm civet 果 子 狸 guǒ zi lí masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) 铁 树 tiě shù sago palm (Cycas revoluta) 棕 榈 树 zōng lu:2 shù palm tree 掉 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 反 掌 fǎn zhǎng lit. to turn over one's palm / fig. everything is going very well. 苏 铁 sū tiě sago palm (Cycas revoluta) 棕 树 zōng shù palm tree 混 充 hùn chōng to pass oneself off as sb / to palm sth off as 混 充 hún chōng to pass oneself off as sb / to palm sth off as 掌 zhǎng palm of the hand / sole of the foot / paw / horseshoe / to slap / to hold in one's hand / to wield 棕 榈 科 zōng lu:2 kē Arecaceae or Palmae, the palm family 椰 yē coconut palm / Taiwan pr. [ye2] 榈 lu:2 palm tree 槟 bīn betel palm (Areca catechu) / betel nut / Taiwan pr. bin1 槟 bīng betel palm (Areca catechu) / betel nut / Taiwan pr. [bin1] 揎 xuān to roll up one's sleeves / to slap with the palm 梵 册 贝 叶 fàn cè bèi yè Sanskrit on Talipot palm leaves (idiom) / Buddhist scripture 一 个 巴 掌 拍 不 响 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 bèi duō pattra palm tree (loan from Sanskrit, Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras 棕 毛 zōng máo palm fiber / coir 桄 榔 guāng láng arenga or sugar palm (Arenga pinnata) 棕 垫 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 zōng lu:2 shǔ palm tree genus (Areca spp.) 棕 毯 zōng tǎn coir mat / palm fiber matting 棕 编 zōng biān woven palm fiber (used in handicraft) / coir / woven coconut fiber 棕 缚 zōng fù palm fiber / rope of palm fiber / coir (coconut fiber) 棕 绷 zōng bēng rectangular frame with a palm fiber mat woven across it (placed on a bed frame as the sleeping surface) 棕 绳 zōng shéng rope of palm fiber / coir (coconut fiber) 油 棕 yóu zōng oil palm 翻 手 为 云 覆 手 变 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) 蒲 葵 pú kuí Chinese fan palm / Livistona chinensis 贝 多 罗 树 bèi duō luó shù Talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as writing media 贝 叶 bèi yè pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras 贝 叶 棕 bèi yè zōng pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras 贝 叶 经 bèi yè jīng sutra written on leaves of pattra palm tree 锯 棕 榈 Jù Zōng lu:2 saw palmetto (Serenoa repens, a small palm, an extract of whose fruit is used medicinally) 猫 屎 咖 啡 māo shǐ kā fēi "kopi luwak" or civet coffee, made from coffee beans plucked from Asian palm civet's feces 棕 榈 仁 油 zōng lu:2 rén yóu palm kernel oil 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 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) 白 鼻 心 bái bí xīn palm civet (Paguma larvata) 巴 掌 bā zhang palm of the hand / classifier: slap