1. to lend sb a knife to kill sb2. to get sb else to do one's dirty work3. to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
1. two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross2. double dealing and back stabbing
1. lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames2. fig. extreme danger (idiom)
(idiom) melee combat weapons of ancient China, such as swords, spears and halberds
knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom); facing torture and execution
treasure knife does not age (idiom); old but still vigorous
1. to feel as if having one's heart cut out (idiom)2. to be torn with grief
to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom)
to rob sb of sth they cherish (idiom)
1. (lit.) real swords and spears (idiom)2. (fig.) very much for real; genuine
快刀斩乱麻 快刀斬亂麻 kuài dāo zhǎn luàn má 1. lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation2. cutting the Gordian knot
杀鸡焉用牛刀 殺雞焉用牛刀 shā jī yān yòng niú dāo 1. don't use a sledgehammer on a nut2. aquila non capit muscam
磨刀不误砍柴工 磨刀不誤砍柴工 mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng 1. lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)2. fig. time invested in preparations is not lost3. a beard well lathered is half shaved
see 路見不平，路见不平，拔刀相助[lù jiàn bù píng bá dāo xiāng zhù]
see 刀山火海[dāo shān huǒ hǎi]
see 小试牛刀[xiǎo shì niú dāo]
knife used in a violent crime; murder weapon (knife)
Defense of the Ancients (DotA), video game
Dolan, a people of the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, also known as 多郎
penetration of a cutting tool
hand formed into a flat shape, as for a karate chop
1. to cut food into a specific size or shape (strips, slices or cubes etc)2. (dialect) screwdriver
to sharpen a knife (or razor etc)
type of machete used by Taiwan aborigines, worn at the waist in an open-sided scabbard
shinai (bamboo sword for kendō)
1. (gaming) to finish off a wounded combatant2. (fig.) to attack sb who is already under fire3. to pile on4. (sphragistics) to retouch a seal after taking a first impression+1 条 1. to appear in sb's show2. (fig.) to give one's support to an endeavor by taking on an important role in it
name of the lateral "knife" radical 刂[dāo] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到[dào], 利[lì], 别[bié] etc
erhua form of 折刀[zhé dāo]
1. person charged with decisive action2. hatchet man
damn; friggin'; goddamn; fucking
chunks obtained by repeatedly cutting a vegetable diagonally and rotating the vegetable after each cut