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八卦掌
  • [bāguàzhǎng]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

八卦掌 [bāguàzhǎng]
  1. 1. noun Baguazhang, a martial art routine which involves the performer moving their body and delivering strikes in the patterns that suggest the arrangement of the eight trigrams, so called because it features the frequent use of the palms.
    小明正在跟老师练习八卦掌
    Xiao Ming is learning Ba Gua Zhang from a teacher.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

八卦掌 [bāguàzhǎng]
  1. 1. 一种武术套路,按八卦方位,分八门八式八手八法,多为掌式,故称。也说八卦拳。

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