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Chinese
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to comfort; touch gently with hand
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palm (of hand); in charge of
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撫
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掌
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| simp. (抚掌)
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抚
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掌
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Pronunciation
Verb
撫掌
- (literary) to clap one's hands (to show happiness, ridicule, or anger)
緣使中人未分於存亡，下士撫掌而弗顧，近而不可知者，其唯物性乎？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
缘使中人未分于存亡，下士抚掌而弗顾，近而不可知者，其唯物性乎？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: c. late 4th century, Sengzhao (僧肇), Zhaolun (《肇論》)
- Yuán shǐ zhōngrén wèifēn yú cúnwáng, xiàshì fǔzhǎng ér fúgù, jìn ér bùkězhī zhě, qí wéi wùxìng hū?
- Therefore, what makes
mediocre men doubt about its truth,
and fools clap their hands with derision;
what is so close yet beyond grasp:
— is that not the true nature of things?
陸士衡聞而撫掌，是所甘心；張平子見而陋之，固其宜矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
陆士衡闻而抚掌，是所甘心；张平子见而陋之，固其宜矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: c. 578, Yu Xin (庾信), The Lament for the South (《哀江南賦》)
- Lù Shìhéng wén ér fǔzhǎng, shì suǒ gānxīn; Zhāng Píngzǐ jiàn ér lòuzhī, gù qí yíyǐ.
- I shall be satisfied by a real bard's scoffing,
Desiring no more than his rightful dismissal.