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掌を返す
Hiragana
てのひらをかえす
Kanji
手のひらを返す
Phrase
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
手のひらをくるりと裏返すこと / 態度や立場を急に変えること / 今までと正反対の行動・意見に突然切り替えること
Easy Japanese Meaning
じぶんにとってつごうがよいほうへ、かんたんにいけんやたいどをかえること
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
易如反掌 / 态度骤变 / 翻转手掌
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
形容事情非常容易，易如反掌。 / 比喻態度或立場突然改變；翻臉、變卦。 / 翻轉手掌（字面義）。
Korean Meaning
태도·입장을 손바닥 뒤집듯 갑자기 바꾸다 / 손바닥 뒤집듯 아주 쉽게 하다 / 손바닥을 뒤집다
Indonesian
melakukan sesuatu dengan sangat mudah (seperti membalik telapak tangan) / tiba-tiba mengubah sikap atau pendirian; plin-plan / berbalik haluan secara mendadak; melakukan balik arah
Vietnamese Meaning
dễ như trở bàn tay / trở mặt; đổi thái độ quay ngoắt / lật (ngửa) bàn tay
Tagalog Meaning
biglang magbaligtad ng panig o saloobin / ibaligtad ang palad (literal) / gawin nang napakadali
Sense（1）
to do something easy as turning one's hand over
Sense（2）
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; to flip over one's hand
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to do something easy as turning one's hand over / to flip-flop; to do an about-face; to flip over one's hand
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掌を返す
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He solved the problem as easily as turning his hand over.
He solved the problem as easily as turning his hand over.
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彼は掌を返すように問題を解決した。
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