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


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