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前沿 | qián yán | (military) forward position / frontier; cutting-edge; forefront |
前线 | qián xiàn | front line / military front / workface / cutting edge |
刺骨 | cì gǔ | piercing / cutting / bone-chilling / penetrating (cold) |
挖苦 | wā kǔ | to speak sarcastically / to make cutting remarks / also pr. [wa1 ku5] |
切削 | qiē xiāo | to cut / cutting / machining |
剪报 | jiǎn bào | newspaper cutting / clippings |
采煤 | cǎi méi | coal mining / coal extraction / coal cutting |
新锐 | xīn ruì | cutting-edge (in technology, science, fashion, the arts etc) / novel and competitive / new and dashing |
刀锋 | dāo fēng | cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool |
菜板 | cài bǎn | chopping board / cutting board / CL:張|张[zhang1] |
尖利 | jiān lì | sharp / keen / cutting / shrill / piercing |
刀具 | dāo jù | cutting tool |
滚刀 | gǔn dāo | (engineering) gear hob (cutting tool used in manufacturing gears) |
窗花 | chuāng huā | paper cutting |
刻薄 | kè bó | unkind / harsh / cutting / mean / acrimony / to embezzle by making illegal deductions |
减价 | jiǎn jià | to cut prices / to discount / to mark down / price cutting |
刃具 | rèn jù | cutting tool |
自刎 | zì wěn | to commit suicide by cutting one's own throat |
扦插 | qiān chā | (agriculture) to plant by cuttage; to propagate from cuttings |
锋芒 | fēng máng | tip (of pencil, spear etc) / sharp point / cutting edge / spearhead / vanguard |
五刑 | wǔ xíng | imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3] |
根插 | gēn chā | to plant roots; to propagate from root cuttings |
刵 | èr | cutting off the ears as punishment |
切磋琢磨 | qiē cuō zhuó mó | lit. cutting and polishing (idiom) / fig. to learn by exchanging ideas or experiences |
剖腹藏珠 | pōu fù cáng zhū | lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom) / fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities |