開刀 kāi dāo

DEFINITIONS

  1. (of a surgeon) to perform an operation
  2. (of a patient) to have an operation
  3. to decapitate
  4. to behead
  5. to single out as a point of attack

CHARACTERS

開 kāi open; initiate, begin, start
刀 dāo
HSK 4
knife; old coin; measure