(Cantonese) to hold

(Cantonese) to make a decision

(Cantonese) to drive, to pilot

pick up with fingers; grasp by hand

(verb) 1. to hold (something); 2. drive (car); 3. pilot (plane); 4. make (decision)

to overrate oneself; to overestimate one's power or ability; to have no real power; to pretend to be powerful

to overrate oneself; to overestimate one's power or ability; pretend to have authority over something which one don't have (slang)

to have a handle against; a mistake or shortcoming that can be exploited by sb. [Syn][粵]揸雞腳 [國]抓辮子；抓把柄

to take advantage of one's mistake or fault

do things by the book; do things the right way; deal with fairly; show impartiality

being strict in complying with the rules/laws/regulations and not willing to bend the rules

so so; not too good; just passable; lame

to drive a car (Standard Chinese: 開車)

(verb) to drive

yield to one's circumstances; temporarily bear with; give into to one's fate; reluctantly accept one's lot

(slang) to endure difficult circumstances because someone is ill-fated; to swallow an insult

grasp; manage, govern; handshake (old usage)

(noun) a handshake; (usually referring to a valuable object) 'a grasp on' / 'the ownership of'/ '(to have) it in hand' / 'a hand on'

of a beggar to beg with his little bag in hand

describes a person who is in poverty and has to beg for money like a beggar

to one who gives orders; the one who calls the shots; the boss

person in charge (project, team, triad etc)

shake hands

verb; shake hand

act as a match-maker

to act as a matchmaker

to make the mortgage; to have some security in hand (for the mortgage)

to have the mortgage or at least some security to 'hold in hand' as a guarantee for the mortgage

(to hold a tea pot) work as a waiter

to hold water kettle, to work as waiter/ waitress/ server

variant of 擔大旗

in-charge (slang)

leader; person-in-charge

doing something the exact way as it should be (impartially / fairly), i.e. 'by the book'

literally meaning to hold a 'metal pen' (usually refers to a crow bar), describes someone who use manual tools (often metallic) to make a living, compared to those who uses a pen to make a living (office based work)

clothes that are tight-fitting around the waist

it is used to described clothes that fit one's waist very well, or are very tight around the waist part

take firm hold of, grasp (普: 緊握)

a leader; a conductor

be a big-mouth; love to gossip; love to not mind one's own business

a big-mouth; 'shoot one's mouth off' (mostly applied to women)

assurance; certainty

(slang) surety; assurance; firmly in one's grasp

to be friends

to give orders; to make decisions; to call the shots (also seen as 揸FIT)

adj; in charge