捭阖 bǎihé to manipulate people Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 捭 bǎi to open (literary) to open; to spread out (now used primarily in the compound 捭阖 bǎihé)阖 闔 hé nounverb to close (literary) to shut; to close; used in phrases like 阖眼 héyǎn meaning to close one's eyes