摩拳擦掌 móquáncāzhǎng to be eager for action Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 摩拳擦掌 móquáncāzhǎng to be eager for action literally "to rub one's fists and wipe one's palms"; describes being excited and ready to start a fight or a difficult task Frequency Movie subtitles 0.300 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 1.03 per million Cross-References Variant of 磨拳擦掌 móquáncāzhǎngReferenced by 蠢蠢欲动 chǔnchǔnyùdòngSame as 擦掌摩拳 cāzhǎngmóquán Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
摩拳擦掌 móquáncāzhǎng to be eager for action literally "to rub one's fists and wipe one's palms"; describes being excited and ready to start a fight or a difficult task Frequency Movie subtitles 0.300 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 1.03 per million Cross-References Variant of 磨拳擦掌 móquáncāzhǎngReferenced by 蠢蠢欲动 chǔnchǔnyùdòngSame as 擦掌摩拳 cāzhǎngmóquán Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)