I know every inch of New York.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
了如指掌
to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)
02
to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 了如指掌 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 了如指掌 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
He knows New York inside out.
He knows every inch of this area.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 了如指掌.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 了如指掌.
Directly before
- 纽约了如指掌2
- 地方了如指掌1
- 事情了如指掌1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 了如指掌
What does 了如指掌 mean in Chinese?
了如指掌 (liǎorúzhǐzhǎng) means to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom).
How do you pronounce 了如指掌?
了如指掌 is pronounced liǎorúzhǐzhǎng.
Is 了如指掌 an HSK word?
了如指掌 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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