了如指掌
了如指掌
- to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)
- to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
了如指掌瞭如指掌
- variant of 了如指掌
Stroke order
Practice writing
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Character breakdown
Example sentences
- 我对纽约了如指掌。 I know every inch of New York.
- 他对纽约了如指掌。 He knows New York inside out.
- 他對那件事瞭如指掌。 He knows every inch of this area.
- 他对这个地方了如指掌。 He knows every inch of this area.
- 他對她的過去似乎瞭如指掌。 He seems to know all about her past.
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