巴掌 bāzhǎng

bāzhǎng noun palm of the hand
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '巴掌')

Contained in

• 一个巴掌拍不响(一個巴掌拍不響) one palm alone cannot clap; it takes two persons to start a dispute; it takes two to tango; it's difficult to achieve anything without support

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第二回 Chapter 6 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 40 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
• 第三回 Chapter 3 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
• 第七十六回 Chapter 76 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1

Collocations

• 一巴掌 (一巴掌) 劉姥姥一巴掌打了他去 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 6 — count: 2
• 巴掌打 (巴掌打) 一個巴掌打了個踉蹌道 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第七十六回 Chapter 76 — count: 2