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了如指掌

liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng · liao ru zhi zhang

Traditional 瞭如指掌

Meaning

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liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng 了如指掌

  1. to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)
  2. to know (a person, a place etc) inside out

liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng 瞭如指掌

  1. variant of 了如指掌 (liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng)
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Lost in the hutong

  1. Liangliang

    别担心(biédānxīn)，这(zhè)片(piàn)胡同(hútòng)我(wǒ)了如指掌(liǎorúzhǐzhǎng)。

    Don't worry, I know these hutongs like the back of my hand.

  2. Leon

    太好了(tàihǎole)！我们(wǒmen)要(yào)去(qù)鼓楼(gǔlóu)，怎么走(zěnmezǒu)？

    Great! We want to go to the Drum Tower. How do we get there?

  3. Liangliang

    往前走(wǎngqiánzǒu)，右转(yòuzhuǎn)，再(zài)左转(zuǒzhuǎn)，就(jiù)到了(dàole)。

    Go straight, turn right, then left, and you're there.

  4. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)前面(qiánmiàn)有(yǒu)一(yī)堵(dǔ)新墙(xīnqiáng)啊(a)。

    But there is a new wall ahead.

  5. Liangliang

    这(zhè)堵(dǔ)墙(qiáng)……昨天(zuótiān)还没有(háiméiyǒu)呢(ne)！

    This wall... it wasn't there yesterday!

  6. Dengdeng

    了如指掌(liǎorúzhǐzhǎng)的(de)亮亮(liàngliàng)，我们(wǒmen)还是(háishi)用(yòng)手机(shǒujī)吧(ba)。

    Mr. Know-It-All Liangliang, let's just use the phone.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)对(duì)这(zhè)个(ge)地(dì)方(fang)了(liǎo)如(rú)指(zhǐ)掌(zhǎng)。

He knows every inch of this area.

Tatoeba: Chinese by U2FS · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)对(duì)纽(niǔ)约(yuē)了(liǎo)如(rú)指(zhǐ)掌(zhǎng)。

I know every inch of New York.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CN · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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