From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「握拳透掌」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.
We’re presenting the idiom 「握拳透掌」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
Clench your fists and push your nails through your palms. Describes extreme indignation. Same as “clenching fist and penetrating claws”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wò quán tòu zhǎng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ak1 kyun4 tau3 jeung2
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.

