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

我们饭后掰手腕玩。

Wǒmen fàn hòu bāishǒuwàn wán.

After dinner we played at arm wrestling.

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