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What does backhanded mean?
What does backhanded mean?
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i heard it as an adjective like "this is so backhanded" does the meaning change here?
- Simplified Chinese (China)
Literally, it means `like back of the hand` or `use the back side of the hand doing something`.
But actually, it is used like, e.g.,
1. For Tom has hit me, I backhand him on his face.
Here means a doing something in return.
2. I hope this is a compliment, not a backhanded one.
Here means a compliment come without a true heart. Or the compliment is excessive.
3. Normally it won't work while backhandedly, things will easily be solved.
Here means doing things like thinking from a different position like an opposite position.
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