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axe / hatchet / CL:
HSK 7-9
ax / hatchet / CL:
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  *斧* | 斧* | *斧
hatchet
battle-ax
broad axe
supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods / uncanny workmanship / superlative craftsmanship
(polite) please amend my writing
to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom)
supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods / uncanny workmanship / superlative craftsmanship
lictor
not trying to avoid the battle-ax (idiom) / not afraid of dying in combat / not afraid of being executed
broadax / ax with a wide blade
bold and decisive
(literary) money for a journey / travel expenses
(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker
the hammer and sickle (flag of USSR, symbolizing rural and proletarian labor)
knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom); facing torture and execution
to die by battle-ax (idiom); to be executed
battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom); facing torture and execution


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