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  *刀* | 刀* | *刀
knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL: / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs
HSK 3
blade / razor blade / tool bit
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *刀* | 刀* | *刀
surname Dao
cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool
blade (of a knife or sword)
sword
writing up of official or judicial documents / pettifoggery
back of the knife
knife blade / crucial point
knife / CL:
cutting tool
knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty
the edge of a knife / cut / incision
lit. flash of knives and swords (idiom) / fig. intense conflict
sword and spear / weapons
tool magazine (computer-aided manufacturing)
slash and burn (agriculture)
female warrior role in Chinese opera
tapertail anchovy (Coilia ectenes) / various species of cutlassfish / saury
scabbard
to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
knife and fork / CL:
lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom) / fig. invulnerable / untouchable / thick-skinned / impervious to criticism
knife work (food preparation)
sacrificial knife and altar
lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames / fig. extreme danger (idiom)
(dialect) mantis
lictor
knife, saw and cauldron / ancient instruments of torture / fig. torture
swordsman / swordswoman
Dolan, a people of the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, also known as 多郎
Defense of the Ancients (DotA), video game
knives / cutlery
(proverb) a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study
massacre
lit. knife mouth but heart of bean curd; sharp tongue concealing a caring heart
(idiom) melee combat weapons of ancient China, such as swords, spears and halberds
razor wire
razor wire
scar from a knife wound
blade
knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom); facing torture and execution


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