甩手掌柜 in English shuai3 shou3 zhang3 gui4 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) arm-flinging shopkeeper
  • metaphorically somebody who asks others to work but does nothing himself

Simplified Characters

甩 手 掌 柜

Traditional Characters

甩 手 掌 櫃

Pinyin

shuai3 shou3 zhang3 gui4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

甩shuai3to throw 手shou3hand 掌zhang3palm of the hand 柜gui4variant of 櫃|柜[gui4]