掌 Stroke Order

Right palm

baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)

keep the seal / be in power

It's hard to clap with only one hand. / It takes two to tango / It's difficult to achieve anything without support.

to grasp (often fig.) / to control / to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny) / to master / to know well / to understand sth well and know how to use it / fluency

to wield (power etc)

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

palm

in charge of / to control

person in charge

leader / master

Palm

applause / CL:陣|阵[zhen4]

hollow of the palm

shopkeeper

Iron palm

to applaud / to clap

to control / in control of

Shopkeeper

on someone's hand

to wield (political etc) power / be in power

centre of the palm

Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms

variant of 摩拳擦掌[mo1 quan2 ca1 zhang3]

Chinese tulip tree / Liriodendron chinense

Palm stick

Linghu Master

lit. arm-flinging shopkeeper / fig. sb who asks others to work but does nothing himself

cactus

to steer (a ship)