手掌心

shǒuzhǎngxīn
noun #25,439

Meanings

  1. 1 palm of the hand
  2. 2 center of the palm

Examples

HSK 1
Háizi jiù zài wǒ de shǒuzhǎngxīn lǐ, pǎo bu liǎo.
The child is right in the palm of my hand - there's no getting away.
HSK 7-9
Tā bǎ yìngbì fàng zài shǒuzhǎngxīn lǐ, cāi nǎ zhī shǒu.
She put the coin in her palm and asked which hand to guess.

Tips

usage
手掌心 is essentially equivalent to 手心, both meaning the center of the palm. The idiom 在某人的手掌心里 (in someone's palm) means to be completely under someone's control - like a monkey on the Buddha's palm.

Stroke Order

shǒu
zhǎng
xīn