| | knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL: 把 / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs | HSK 3 |
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| | to peel with a knife / to pare / to cut (a ball at tennis etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | coffin-bearing pole (old) / thick pole; bar; rod / thick line / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / to get into a dispute with / standard; criterion / hyphen; dash | |
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| | cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool | |
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| | blade (of a knife or sword) | |
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| | to lend sb a knife to kill sb / to get sb else to do one's dirty work / to attack using the strength of another (idiom) | |
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| | to print / to publish / publication / periodical / to peel with a knife / to carve / to amend | |
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| | unhappy / in low spirits / (of a knife) not sharp | |
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| | back of the knife | |
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| | knife blade / crucial point | |
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| | sharp (e.g. knife blade) / incisive / to the point | |
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| | to hone (a knife) | |
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| | vegetable knife / kitchen knife / cleaver / CL: 把 | |
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| | (literary) a knife used for carving; a graver / (literary) to cut blocks; to block-print (a book) | |
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| | broadsword / large knife / machete | |
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| | military knife / saber | |
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| | knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty | |
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| | to hold a knife / (fig.) (of a surgeon) to perform an operation / (fig.) to personally handle or take charge of a task; to take the reins | |
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| | a throwing knife / fly cutter (machine tool) | |
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| | like a hot knife through butter (idiom) / with irresistible force | |
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| | the edge of a knife / cut / incision | |
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| | steel knife / sword | |
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| | lancet (surgeon's knife) | |
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| | to edge a knife, scissor, sword etc | |
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| | to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom) | |
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| | treasure knife does not age (idiom); old but still vigorous | |
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| | lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom) / fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it | |
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| | fine ceramics (used for dental implants, synthetic bones, electronics, knife blades etc) / advanced ceramics / engineered ceramics | |
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| | (lit.) the soft knife / (fig.) underhanded tactics / devious means of attack | |
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| | hunting knife | |
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| | sharp knife / knife (weapon) | |
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| | flick knife / switchblade / spring-loaded knife | |
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| | (coll.) to slit with a knife / (variant of 耠) hoe / to loosen soil with a hoe | |
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| | lit. there is a knife above the character for lust / fig. lascivious activities can lead to bitter consequences | |
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| | clasp knife / folding knife | |
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| | lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom) / fig. easily solved | |
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| | table knife / dinner knife | |
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| | lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation / to repent and be absolved of one's crimes | |
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| | to shape on a lathe / to peel with a knife / to turn in (a screw) | |
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| | butcher's knife / abattoir hatchet | |
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| | to sharpen (a knife) on a stone or a strop | |
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| | (literary) (onom.) sound of sharpening a knife | |
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| | knife, saw and cauldron / ancient instruments of torture / fig. torture | |
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| | sacrificial knife and altar | |
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| | to sharpen a knife (or razor etc) | |
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| | Buddhist monk's knife (not used for killing) | |
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| | to peel with a knife / old variant of 戮 | |
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| | old variant of 刊 / to peel with a knife / to carve / to amend | |
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| | lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve. | |
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| | scraper / trowel / putty knife | |
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| | knife work (food preparation) | |
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| | utility knife / box cutter | |
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| | scraper / trowel / putty knife | |
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| | Swiss Army knife | |
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| | dive knife | |
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| | name of the lateral "knife" radical 刂 in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到, 利, 別|别 etc | |
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| | murder weapon (i.e. knife) | |
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| | lit. knife mouth but heart of bean curd; sharp tongue concealing a caring heart | |
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| | scar from a knife wound | |
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| | knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom); facing torture and execution | |
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| | cutter / knife | |
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| | straight or circular throwing-knife used by ninja and samurai (loanword from Japanese 手裏剣 shuriken) | |
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| | a clasp knife / a folding knife | |
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| | to hold a knife / knife-wielding | |
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| | lit. time is a butcher's knife / fig. time marches on, relentless and unforgiving / nothing gold can stay | |
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| | paring knife / fruit knife / CL: 把 | |
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| | putty knife | |
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| | to sharpen / to grind (knife blades) | |
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| | name of the lateral "knife" radical 刂 in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到, 利, 別|别 etc | |
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| | Victorinox (knife manufacturer) | |
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