刀
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Definitions
- 1. knife
- 2. blade
- 3. single-edged sword
- 4. cutlass
- 5. (slang) dollar (loanword)
- 6. classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)
- 7. classifier for knife cuts or stabs
Words Containing 刀
scissors
lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom)
lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity
lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter cauldrons of boiling oil (idiom)
lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter seas of flames (idiom)
inexpert
lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom)
to lend sb a knife to kill sb
name of the lateral \knife\ radical 刂[dāo] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到[dào], 利[lì], 別|别[bié] etc
lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom)
two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross
ice skates
murder weapon (i.e. knife)
a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
sacrificial knife and altar
massacre
cutting tool
knife blade
to stab
lancing pain
knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty
sword
knife and fork
the edge of a knife
Defense of the Ancients (DotA), video game
knife
lit. knife mouth but heart of bean curd; sharp tongue concealing a caring heart
to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
swordsman
lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
knife work (food preparation)
tool magazine (computer-aided manufacturing)
lictor
sword and spear
lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom)
blade
razor wire
razor wire
scar from a knife wound
writing up of official or judicial documents
slash and burn (agriculture)
back of the knife
blade
(dialect) mantis
blade (of a knife or sword)
Dolan, a people of the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, also known as 多郎
cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool
knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom); facing torture and execution
knife, saw and cauldron
scabbard
knives
female warrior role in Chinese opera
tapertail anchovy (Coilia ectenes)
cutter
meat cleaver
planing tool
pencil sharpener
sharp knife
spatula
peeler
razor
bayonet
razor
shaver
prices scissor (caught between low income and high prices)
rock-paper-scissors (game)
lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
Phillips screwdriver (i.e. with cross slit)
to hack (sb) to pieces (punishment in former times)
pencil sharpener (blade-only type)
penetration of a cutting tool
to get straight to the point (idiom)
lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom)
broadsword
Great Sword Society, an offshoot of the White Lotus in the late Qing dynasty, involved in anti-Western activity at the time of the Boxer rebellion
shears
scythe
lit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom)
Occam's razor
lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom)
to hang up the sword
knife
Dagger Society, anti-Qing secret society who mounted an unsuccessful rebellion in 1855
to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)
dagger
butcher's knife
flick knife
to feel as if having one's heart cut out (idiom)
to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom)
lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation
lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation
Buddhist monk's knife (not used for killing)
hand formed into a flat shape, as for a karate chop
thinning scissors
clasp knife
scraper
see 路見不平，拔刀相助|路见不平，拔刀相助[lù jiàn bù píng , bá dāo xiāng zhù]
bayonet charge
knife-wielding
nail clipper
Duodao district of Jingmen city 荊門市|荆门市[jīng mén shì], Hubei
Duodao district of Jingmen city 荊門市|荆门市[jīng mén shì], Hubei
tool change (mechanics)
person charged with decisive action
lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation
Japanese sword
lit. time is a butcher's knife
lancet (surgeon's knife)
lit. stocks and knives
to sharpen a knife (or razor etc)
to rob sb of sth they cherish (idiom)
katana
don't use a sledgehammer on a nut
paring knife
putty knife
trowel
chunks obtained by repeatedly cutting a vegetable diagonally and rotating the vegetable after each cut
annoying person
dive knife
see 刀山火海[dāo shān huǒ hǎi]
see 小試牛刀|小试牛刀[xiǎo shì niú dāo]
hunting knife
Swiss Army knife
type of machete used by Taiwan aborigines, worn at the waist in an open-sided scabbard
real swords, real spears (idiom)
machete
to hone (a knife)
lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)
whetstone (for honing knives)
lit. to sharpen one's sword (idiom)
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira)
name of the lateral \knife\ radical 刂[dāo] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到[dào], 利[lì], 別|别[bié] etc
shinai (bamboo sword for kendō)
lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom); friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions
the pen is mightier than the sword (idiom)
whetstone (for honing knives)
reamer
(slang) US dollar
utility knife
automatic tool changer (ATC)
lit. there is a knife above the character for lust
figure skates
vegetable knife
screwdriver
screwdriver
(gaming) to finish off a wounded combatant
scalpel
spatula
racing skates (for ice-skating)
to appear in sb's show
lit. to intervene when one sees an injustice (idiom)
military knife
(lit.) the soft knife
pencil sharpener
pencil sharpener
reamer
file (metalworking and woodworking tool)
steel knife
lever-style guillotine (for chopping fodder etc)
sickle
the hammer and sickle (flag of USSR, symbolizing rural and proletarian labor)
sickle cell anemia
scythe
(of a surgeon) to perform an operation
machete
lit. to wield the broadsword in the presence of Lord Guan (idiom)
a throwing knife
table knife
saber