xiōng dāodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
knife used in a violent crime; murder weapon (knife)
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Original source entry:

兇刀 凶刀 [xiong1 dao1] /knife used in a violent crime; murder weapon (knife)/

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Other forms in these source records: 兇刀

  • 凶
    xiōng

    terrible / fearful / vicious / fierce / ominous / inauspicious / famine

  • 刀
    dāo

    knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[bǎ]) / (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[xiǎng dāo tā] "I could kill him!")

    Dāo

    surname Dao

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