掰手腕

bāishǒuwàn

verb

Meanings

1 to arm wrestle
2 (figurative) to compete head-to-head

Characters

to break apart with both hands

Examples

HSK 1

我们饭后掰手腕玩。

Wǒmen fànhòu bāishǒuwàn wán.

After dinner we played at arm wrestling.

HSK 3

两家公司在市场上掰手腕。

Liǎng jiā gōngsī zài shìchǎng shàng bāishǒuwàn.

The two companies are wrestling head-to-head in the market.

Tips

memory

掰 (bāi, to break apart with hands) is a body-builder character, two 手 (hands) flanking 分 (split). Picture two hands trying to bend each other apart at the wrist (手腕).

Stroke Order

掰 bāi

手 shǒu

腕 wàn