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