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玩弄於股掌之上 (wun6 lung6 jyu1 gu2 zoeng2 zi1 soeng6) — play someone like a fiddle; play someone like a cheap violin in Cantonese

wunˍ₆玩lungˍ₆弄jyuˉ¹於guˊ²股zoengˊ²掌ziˉ¹之soengˍ₆上
简 玩弄于股掌之上
Mandarin Pinyin: wan2 nong4 yu2 gu3 zhang3 zhi1 shang4

Meaning of 玩弄於股掌之上

nounplay someone like a fiddle; play someone like a cheap violin

Characters in 玩弄於股掌之上

玩waan2
play (with); have fun; amuse oneself
弄lung6
make fun of; mock
於jyu1
(indicating comparison) than
股gu2
the thigh; haunches; hips
掌zoeng2
stand; bear
之zi1
's; of (used between two nouns to show possession or subordination)
上soeng6
preceding; previous; last

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