磨拳擦掌

Traditional form:

磨拳擦掌

Pinyin (reading):

móquáncāzhǎng

Definitions:

• variant of 摩拳擦掌 (mōquáncāzhǎng)

Characters:

• 磨 - millstone; to grind, to polish, to rub, to wear out
• 拳 - fist; various forms of boxing
• 擦 - to clean, to erase, to polish; a brush
• 掌 - in charge; the palm of the hand, the sole of the foot

Traditional characters:

• 磨 - millstone; to grind, to polish, to rub, to wear out
• 拳 - fist; various forms of boxing
• 擦 - to clean, to erase, to polish; a brush
• 掌 - in charge; the palm of the hand, the sole of the foot