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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *托* | 托* | *托
to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm / sth serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest) / (bound form) a shill / to ask; to beg; to entrust (variant of 託|托) / torr (unit of pressure)
HSK 6
a coconut palm / a coconut
HSK 7-9
palm
HSK 7-9
to impersonate / to pose as (someone else) / to counterfeit / to palm off (a fake as a genuine)
HSK 7-9
hollow of the palm
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  *掌* | 掌* | *掌
palm of the hand / sole of the foot / paw / horseshoe / to slap / to hold in one's hand / to wield
to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together / (Tw) religious ceremony in which offerings are made to a deity
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  *棕* | 棕* | *棕
palm / palm fiber / coir (coconut fiber) / brown
palm of the hand / classifier: slap
to clasp hands / to put one's palms together (in prayer)
palm (of one's hand) / control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand)
betel palm (Areca catechu); betel nut
oil palm
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  *檳* | 檳* | *檳
betel palm (Areca catechu); betel nut / Taiwan pr. [bin1]
leopard cat / raccoon dog / palm civet
to slap (with the palm of the hand)
palm oil
palm-leaf fan
palm tree
date palm; date (fruit)
pattra palm tree (loan from Sanskrit, Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
masked palm civet (Paguma larvata)
palm tree
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
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
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  *椰* | 椰* | *椰
(bound form) coconut palm / Taiwan pr. [ye2]
palm tree
arenga or sugar palm (Arenga pinnata)
to pass oneself off as sb / to palm sth off as
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  *揎* | 揎* | *揎
to roll up one's sleeves / to slap with the palm
pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
(coll.) to remove (crinkles, dirt) with the palm of the hand / Taiwan pr. [mo2suo1]
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
fig. to rub one's fists and wipe one's palms (idiom) / to roll up one's sleeves for battle / eager to get into action or start on a task
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
(have sb in) the palm of one's hand / fig. (under) one's complete control
lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom) / fig. beloved person (esp. daughter)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *櫚* | 櫚* | *櫚
palm tree
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  *桹* | 桹* | *桹
(palm)
palmistry / features of a palm (in palmistry)
to put one's palms together (in prayer or greeting) / to work with a common purpose / harmonious / convenient (to use)
palm-leaf fan
palm civet (Paguma larvata)
palm-leaf fan / cattail-leaf fan
rectangular frame with a palm fiber mat woven across it (placed on a bed frame as the sleeping surface)
lit. to turn over one's palm / fig. everything is going very well.
to put one's palms together (in prayer or greeting)
Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)
palm fiber / coir
to clasp hands / to put one's palms together (in obeisance)
palm fiber mat
coir mat / palm fiber matting
woven palm fiber (used in handicraft) / coir / woven coconut fiber
rope of palm fiber / coir (coconut fiber)
saw palmetto (Serenoa repens, a small palm, an extract of whose fruit is used medicinally)
Reiki (palm healing)
Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called toddy cat
palm fiber / rope of palm fiber / coir (coconut fiber)
palmistry / features of a palm (in palmistry)
(bird species of China) Asian palm swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis)
(palmistry) fate line; career prospects line (running vertically up the palm to the base of the middle finger) / (slang) cleavage
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, "Journey to the West")
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
Sanskrit on Talipot palm leaves (idiom); Buddhist scripture
Palm Sunday (Sunday before Easter)
Palm Sunday (Christian Festival one week before Easter)
palm tree genus (Areca spp.)
Arecaceae or Palmae, the palm family
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)
"kopi luwak" or civet coffee, made from coffee beans plucked from Asian palm civet's feces
Talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as writing media
pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
sutra written on leaves of pattra palm tree
Madagascar palm (Pachypodium lamerei)


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