Results for “刀”

(idiom) melee combat weapons of ancient China, such as swords, spears and halberds

(loanword) dollar

razor wire

razor wire

scar from a knife wound

writing up of official or judicial documents / pettifoggery

slash and burn (agriculture)

back of the knife

blade

blade (of a knife or sword)

knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom) / facing torture and execution

knife, saw and cauldron / ancient instruments of torture / fig. torture

scabbard

knives / cutlery

female warrior role in Chinese opera

tapertail anchovy (Coilia ectenes) / various species of cutlassfish / saury

lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom) / to impose uniformity / one solution fits a diversity of problems / one size fits all

lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter cauldrons of boiling oil (idiom) / fig. to go through trials and tribulations

lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter seas of flames (idiom) / fig. to go through trials and tribulations (often, for a noble cause)

to act as the chief surgeon / chief surgeon

inexpert / a botcher

(lit.) to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom) / (fig.) to be at sb's mercy

to lend sb a knife to kill sb / to get sb else to do one's dirty work / to attack using the strength of another (idiom)

name of the lateral "knife" radical 刂[dāo] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到[dào], 利[lì], 別|别[bié] etc

knife used in a violent crime / murder weapon (knife)

two-faced, three knives (idiom) / double-cross / double dealing and back stabbing

cutter / knife

meat cleaver

planing tool

pencil sharpener

sharp knife / knife (weapon)

spatula / scraper

peeler / potato peeler

razor

engraving knife / carving knife (for wood, stone etc)

(economics) price scissors

V sign (hand gesture)

rock-paper-scissors (game)

see 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]

Phillips screwdriver (with a cross-shaped tip)