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桁杨刀锯

háng yáng dāo jùdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. stocks and knives / fig. any punishment equipment / torture instrument
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-928d3ac52485f44b. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

桁楊刀鋸 桁杨刀锯 [hang2 yang2 dao1 ju4] /lit. stocks and knives/fig. any punishment equipment/torture instrument/

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Other forms in these source records: 桁楊刀鋸

  • 桁
    háng

    cangue (stocks to punish criminals)

    héng

    pole plate / purlin (cross-beam in roof) / ridge-pole

  • 杨
    yáng

    poplar

    Yáng

    surname Yang

  • 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

  • 锯
    jū

    See the full entry for source details.

    jù

    a saw (CL:把[bǎ]) / to saw

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.