合掌 hézhǎng to clasp hands Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 合掌 hé//zhǎng to clasp hands to bring one's palms together in front of the chest as a respectful greeting or in prayer, especially in Buddhism; also called 合十 héshí pleonasm in poetry the stylistic flaw in couplets where two parallel lines use words with identical or redundant meanings Frequency Written text 0.412 per million Cross-References Same as 合十 héshí合手 héshǒu Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
合掌 hé//zhǎng to clasp hands to bring one's palms together in front of the chest as a respectful greeting or in prayer, especially in Buddhism; also called 合十 héshí pleonasm in poetry the stylistic flaw in couplets where two parallel lines use words with identical or redundant meanings Frequency Written text 0.412 per million Cross-References Same as 合十 héshí合手 héshǒu Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
