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刀魚
dāo yú
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tapertail anchovy (Coilia ectenes);
various species of cutlassfish;
saury
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切刀
qiē dāo
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cutter;
knife
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切肉刀
qiē ròu dāo
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meat cleaver
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刨刀
bào dāo
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planing tool
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刨笔刀
bào bǐ dāo
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pencil sharpener
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刨筆刀
bào bǐ dāo
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pencil sharpener
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利刀
lì dāo
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sharp knife;
knife (weapon)
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刮皮刀
guā pí dāo
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peeler;
potato peeler
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刮鬍刀
guā hú dāo
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razor
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剃鬚刀
tì xū dāo
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shaver;
razor
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剪刀差
jiǎn dāo chā
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prices scissor (caught between low income and high prices)
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剪刀石头布
jiǎn dāo shí tou bù
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rock-paper-scissors (game)
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剪刀石頭布
jiǎn dāo shí tou bù
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rock-paper-scissors (game)
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割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
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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[sha1 ji1 yan1 yong4 niu2 dao1]
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割雞焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
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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[sha1 ji1 yan1 yong4 niu2 dao1]
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十字头螺刀
shí zì tóu luó dāo
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Phillips screwdriver (i.e. with cross slit)
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十字頭螺刀
shí zì tóu luó dāo
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Phillips screwdriver (i.e. with cross slit)
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千刀萬剮
qiān dāo wàn guǎ
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to make mincemeat of sb;
to hack sb to pieces (used while cursing)
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卷筆刀
juǎn bǐ dāo
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pencil sharpener (blade-only type)
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吃刀
chī dāo
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penetration of a cutting tool
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單刀直入
dān dāo zhí rù
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to get straight to the point (idiom)
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單刀赴會
dān dāo fù huì
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lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom);
fig. to go alone into enemy lines
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大刀会
dà dāo huì
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Great Sword Society, an offshoot of the White Lotus in the late Qing dynasty, involved in anti-Western activity at the time of the Boxer rebellion
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大刀會
dà dāo huì
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Great Sword Society, an offshoot of the White Lotus in the late Qing dynasty, involved in anti-Western activity at the time of the Boxer rebellion
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大刀闊斧
dà dāo kuò fǔ
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bold and decisive
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