了如指掌 — Chinese idiom
了如指掌
liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
Meaning
- to know sth like the back of one's hand
- to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
Character by character
- 了liǎoclear; to finish; particle of completed action
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 指zhǐfinger, toe; to point, to indicate
- 掌zhǎngin charge; the palm of the hand, the sole of the f
Idioms sharing a character
- 一了百了 yī liǎo bǎi liǎo
- 一目了然 yī mù liǎo rán
- 了无生趣 liǎo wú shēng qù
- 了然于胸 liǎo rán yú xiōng
- 前缘未了 qián yuán wèi liǎo
- 敷衍了事 fū yǎn liǎo shì
- 直截了当 zhí jié liǎo dàng
- 脸都绿了 liǎn dōu lǜ le
- 一如既往 yī rú jì wǎng
- 一清如水 yī qīng rú shuǐ
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