| | 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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| | lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity / one solution fits a diversity of problems / one size fits all | |
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| | surname Dao | |
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| | prices scissor (caught between low income and high prices) | |
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| | lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames / fig. extreme danger (idiom) | |
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| | slash and burn (agriculture) | |
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| | utility knife / box cutter | |
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| | military knife / saber | |
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| | broadsword / large knife / machete | |
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| | folding knife | |
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| | (idiom) to make a clean break with; to have nothing more to do with | |
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| | machete | |
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| | female warrior role in Chinese opera | |
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| | (idiom) melee combat weapons of ancient China, such as swords, spears and halberds | |
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| | sword and spear / weapons | |
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| | swordsman / swordswoman | |
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| | lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom) / fig. to be at sb's mercy | |
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| | Dolan, a people of the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, also known as 多郎 | |
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| | bayonet | |
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| | bastard; scumbag; son of a bitch | |
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| | V sign (hand gesture) | |
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| | sword | |
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| | (idiom) to get straight to the point | |
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| | knife used in a violent crime; murder weapon (knife) | |
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| | blade (of a knife or sword) | |
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| | two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross / double dealing and back stabbing | |
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| | shaver / razor | |
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| | Swiss Army knife | |
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| | saber / cavalry sword | |
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| | cutting tool | |
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| | don't use a sledgehammer on a nut / aquila non capit muscam | |
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| | Buddhist monk's knife (not used for killing) | |
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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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| | shinai (bamboo sword for kendō) | |
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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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| | treasure knife does not age (idiom); old but still vigorous | |
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| | lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter cauldrons of boiling oil (idiom) / fig. to go through trials and tribulations | |
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| | lit. flash of knives and swords (idiom) / fig. intense conflict | |
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| | (proverb) a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study | |
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| | lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter seas of flames (idiom) / fig. to go through trials and tribulations (often, for a noble cause) | |
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| | to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom) | |
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| | lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom) / fig. to go alone into enemy lines | |
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| | lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom) / fig. invulnerable / untouchable / thick-skinned / impervious to criticism | |
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| | lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom) / fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever / the old man still has it | |
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| | knives / cutlery | |
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| | lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation / cutting the Gordian knot | |
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| | reamer / scissors | |
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| | the edge of a knife / cut / incision | |
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| | scar from a knife wound | |
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| | to sharpen a knife (or razor etc) | |
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| | to appear in sb's show / (fig.) to give one's support to an endeavor by taking on an important role in it | |
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| | tool change (mechanics) | |
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| | rock-paper-scissors (game) | |
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| | spatula / scraper | |
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| | Occam's razor | |
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| | lictor | |
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| | bold and decisive | |
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| | to hang up the sword | |
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| | scraper / trowel / putty knife | |
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| | bayonet charge | |
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| | lit. to wield the broadsword in the presence of Lord Guan (idiom) / fig. to make a fool of oneself by showing off in front of an expert | |
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| | to act as the chief surgeon / chief surgeon | |
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| | knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty | |
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| | cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool | |
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| | cutter / knife | |
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| | annoying person / troublemaker / pain in the neck | |
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| | lit. real swords and spears (idiom) / fig. very much for real; genuine | |
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| | whetstone (for honing knives) | |
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| | blade / razor blade / tool bit | |
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| | back of the knife | |
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| | razor | |
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| | to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom) | |
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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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| | pocketknife; penknife | |
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| | razor wire | |
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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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| | tool magazine (computer-aided manufacturing) | |
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| | lit. to intervene when one sees an injustice (idiom) / fig. to rush to the rescue / to play the white knight | |
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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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| | planing tool | |
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| | peeler / potato peeler | |
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| | scythe | |
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| | butcher's knife / abattoir hatchet | |
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| | Japanese sword / katana | |
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| | (engineering) gear hob (cutting tool used in manufacturing gears) | |
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| | vegetable knife / kitchen knife / cleaver / CL: 把 | |
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| | knife work (food preparation) | |
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| | scabbard | |
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| | pencil sharpener | |
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| | to hone (a knife) | |
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| | scalpel | |
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| | person charged with decisive action / hatchet man | |
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| | figure skates | |
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