掌握
Traditional form:
掌握
Pinyin (reading):
zhǎngwò
Definitions:
- to grasp (often fig.)
- to control
- to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny)
- to master
- to know well
- to understand sth well and know how to use it
- fluency
Characters:
- 掌 - in charge; the palm of the hand, the sole of the foot
- 握 - to grasp, to hold, to take by the hand
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