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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
scissors / CL:
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *刀* | 刀* | *刀
surname Dao
table knife / dinner knife
a throwing knife / fly cutter (machine tool)
broadsword / large knife / machete
(of a surgeon) to perform an operation / (of a patient) to have an operation / to decapitate / to behead / to single out as a point of attack
to hone (a knife)
dagger
steel knife / sword
military knife / saber
sickle
lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom); friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions / when the fox preaches, look to the geese
machete
(engineering) gear hob (cutting tool used in manufacturing gears)
file (metalworking and woodworking tool)
knife / CL:
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
vegetable knife / kitchen knife / cleaver / CL:
razor
racing skates (for ice-skating)
saber / cavalry sword
Duodao district of Jingmen city 荊門市|荆门市, Hubei
to act as the chief surgeon / chief surgeon
pencil sharpener (blade-only type)
ice skates / ice skate blades
hunting knife
butcher's knife / abattoir hatchet
clasp knife / folding knife
lever-style guillotine (for chopping fodder etc)
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
sword with a curved blade and a long hilt, wielded with both hands
two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross / double dealing and back stabbing
planing tool
inexpert / a botcher
reamer
Buddhist monk's knife (not used for killing)
figure skates
Japanese sword / katana
tool change (mechanics)
(gaming) to finish off a wounded combatant / (fig.) to attack sb who is already under fire / to pile on / (sphragistics) to retouch a seal after taking a first impression
reamer / scissors
hand formed into a flat shape, as for a karate chop
penetration of a cutting tool
shinai (bamboo sword for kendō)
scraper / trowel / putty knife
screwdriver / CL:
Phillips screwdriver (i.e. with cross slit)
shaver / razor
(slang) US dollar / USD
to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)
to appear in sb's show / (fig.) to give one's support to an endeavor by taking on an important role in it
utility knife / box cutter
Swiss Army knife
meat cleaver
scalpel
cutter / knife
lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom) / fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter / also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀
don't use a sledgehammer on a nut / aquila non capit muscam
machete
katana
nail clipper
lit. there is a knife above the character for lust / fig. lascivious activities can lead to bitter consequences
Occam's razor
to hang up the sword
pencil sharpener
shears / large scissors / secateurs
to cut food into a specific size or shape (strips, slices or cubes etc) / (dialect) screwdriver
scythe
sharp knife / knife (weapon)
to hold a knife / knife-wielding
lit. time is a butcher's knife / fig. time marches on, relentless and unforgiving / nothing gold can stay
screwdriver
pencil sharpener / CL:
murder weapon (i.e. knife)
pencil sharpener
spatula / scraper
peeler / potato peeler
razor
bayonet
scythe
flick knife / switchblade / spring-loaded knife
thinning scissors
bayonet charge
lancet (surgeon's knife)
to sharpen a knife (or razor etc)
damn; friggin'; goddamn; fucking
paring knife / fruit knife / CL:
putty knife
trowel
dive knife
type of machete used by Taiwan aborigines, worn at the waist in an open-sided scabbard
spatula
scythe
scythe
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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