knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass (CL:把[]) / (slang) (loanword) dollar / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs / (Internet slang) to bargain / to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces) / (Internet slang) to knife (sb) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他[] "I could kill him!")
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surname Dao
cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool
blade / razor blade / tool bit
knife blade / crucial point
lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom) / fig. invulnerable / untouchable / thick-skinned / impervious to criticism
cutting tool
the edge of a knife / cut / incision
sword and spear / weapons
razor
bayonet
(of a surgeon) to perform an operation / (of a patient) to have an operation / to decapitate / to behead / to single out as a point of attack
machete
sickle
(idiom) to make a clean break with / to have nothing more to do with
shaver / razor
(lit.) to take knives in both sides (idiom) / (fig.) to go to any lengths for a friend / to sacrifice oneself out of loyalty
military knife / saber
ice skates / ice skate blades
broadsword / large knife / machete
hunting knife
butcher's knife / abattoir hatchet
(proverb) a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened / a man will fall behind if he doesn't study
sacrificial knife and altar
lit. flash of knives and swords (idiom) / fig. intense conflict
massacre
knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty
sword
(proverb) to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart
swordsman / swordswoman
lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames / fig. extreme danger (idiom)
knife work (food preparation)
tool magazine (computer-aided manufacturing)
lictor
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