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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
damn / friggin' / goddamn / fucking
bastard / scumbag / son of a bitch
(lit.) why use an ox-cleaver to kill a chicken? / (fig.) there's no need to use great ability or resources for a trivial task
putty knife
trowel
(engineering) gear hob (cutting tool used in manufacturing gears)
chunks obtained by repeatedly cutting a vegetable diagonally and rotating the vegetable after each cut
annoying person / troublemaker / pain in the neck
dive knife
see 刀山火海[]
see 小試牛刀|小试牛刀[]
type of machete used by Taiwan aborigines, worn at the waist in an open-sided scabbard
(lit.) real swords and spears (idiom) / (fig.) very much for real / genuine
to hone (a knife)
lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom) / fig. time invested in preparations is not lost / a beard well lathered is half shaved
whetstone (for honing knives)
(lit.) to sharpen one's sword (idiom) / (fig.) to prepare to attack / to be getting ready for battle
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira)
name of the lateral "knife" radical 刂[] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到[], 利[], 別|别[] etc
shinai (bamboo sword kendō)
lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom) / friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions / when the fox preaches, look to the geese
whetstone (for honing knives)
reamer
(slang) US dollar
utility knife / box cutter
automatic tool changer (ATC)
lit. there is a knife above the character for lust / fig. lascivious activities can lead to bitter consequences
figure skates
screwdriver
(gaming) to finish off a wounded combatant / (fig.) to attack sb who is already under fire / to pile on / (sphragistics) to retouch a seal after taking a first impression
scalpel
spatula
racing skates (for ice-skating)
to appear in sb's show / (fig.) to give one's support to an endeavor by taking on an important role in it
lit. to intervene when one sees an injustice (idiom) / fig. to rush to the rescue / to play the white knight
(lit.) the soft knife / (fig.) underhanded tactics / devious means of attack
pencil sharpener
scythe
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27