甩手掌柜

Traditional form:

甩手掌櫃

Pinyin (reading):

shuǎishǒuzhǎngguì

Definitions:

• lit. arm-flinging shopkeeper
• fig. sb who asks others to work but does nothing himself

Characters:

• 甩 - to throw away, to fling, to discard
• 手 - hand
• 掌 - in charge; the palm of the hand, the sole of the foot
• 柜 - cabinet, cupboard, wardrobe; shop counter

Traditional characters:

• 甩 - to throw away, to fling, to discard
• 手 - hand
• 掌 - in charge; the palm of the hand, the sole of the foot
• 櫃 - cabinet, cupboard, wardrobe; shop counter