了如指掌
liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
Meaning
- to know something like the back of one's hand (idiom) · to know (a person, a place and so on) inside out
Example sentences
我对他的事情了如指掌。
我對他的事情瞭如指掌。
wǒ duì tā de shì qíng liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng。
I know everything about him.
他对她的过去似乎了如指掌。
他對她的過去似乎瞭如指掌。
tā duì tā de guò qù sì hū liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng。
He seemed to know everything about her past.
他对这个地方了如指掌。
他對這個地方瞭如指掌。
tā duì zhè ge dì fāng liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng。
He knew this place inside and out.