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| 刀 | dāo | knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[ba3]) / (slang) (loanword) dollar / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs / (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces) / (Internet slang) to knife (sb) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他[xiang3 dao1 ta1] "I could kill him!") |
| 削 | xiāo | to peel with a knife / to pare / to cut (a ball at tennis etc) |
| 锋利 | fēng lì | sharp (e.g. knife blade) / incisive / to the point |
| 借刀杀人 | jiè dāo shā rén | 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) |
| 色字头上一把刀 | sè zì tóu shàng yī bǎ dāo | lit. there is a knife above the character for lust / fig. lascivious activities can lead to bitter consequences |
| 刊 | kān | to print / to publish / publication / periodical / to peel with a knife / to carve / to amend |
| 开刃 | kāi rèn | to edge a knife, scissor, sword etc |
| 放下屠刀，立地成佛 | fàng xià tú dāo , lì dì chéng fó | lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation / to repent and be absolved of one's crimes |
| 操刀 | cāo dāo | 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 |
| 磨刀 | mó dāo | to hone (a knife) |
| 心如刀绞 | xīn rú dāo jiǎo | to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom) |
| 霍霍 | huò huò | (literary) (onom.) sound of sharpening a knife / (coll.) to mess with; to cause harm to (sb or sth) |
| 杠刀 | gàng dāo | to sharpen a knife (or razor etc) |
| 磨快 | mó kuài | to sharpen / to grind (knife blades) |
| 镟 | xuàn | to shape on a lathe / to peel with a knife / to turn in (a screw) |
| 断袖之癖 | duàn xiù zhī pǐ | 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. |
| 杠 | gàng | (old) coffin-bearing pole / thick pole; bar; rod / bold line; thick stroke / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / (slang) to argue; to be deliberately argumentative / standard; criterion / hyphen; dash |
| 持刀 | chí dāo | to hold a knife / knife-wielding |
| 鐾 | bèi | to sharpen (a knife) on a stone or a strop / Taiwan pr. [bi4] |
| 剞劂 | jī jué | (literary) a knife used for carving; a graver / (literary) to cut blocks; to block-print (a book) |
| 刊 | kān | old variant of 刊[kan1] / to peel with a knife / to carve / to amend |
| 劐 | huō | (coll.) to slit with a knife / (variant of 耠[huo1]) hoe / to loosen soil with a hoe |
| 戮 | lù | to peel with a knife / old variant of 戮[lu4] |