"dagger-axe" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
戈	gē	dagger-axe / abbr. for 戈瑞[ge1 rui4] / (Tw) abbr. for 戈雷[ge1 lei2]

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
杷	bà	handle or shaft (of an axe etc) / hoe / to harrow
镡鐔	xín	guard (on a sword handle) / pommel (on a sword handle) / dagger / Taiwan pr. [tan2]
匕首	bǐ shǒu	dagger	syn
短剑短劍	duǎn jiàn	dagger	syn
尖刀	jiān dāo	dagger
斧子	fǔ zi	axe / hatchet / CL:把[ba3]	syn
板斧	bǎn fǔ	broad axe
笑里藏刀笑裡藏刀	xiào lǐ cáng dāo	lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom) / friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions / when the fox preaches, look to the geese	syn
柄	bǐng	handle or shaft (of an axe etc) / (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem / sth that affords an advantage to an opponent / classifier for knives or blades	syn
戚	qī	(bound form) relatives / kin / (bound form) grief / sorrow / (old) battle-axe	syn
匕	bǐ	dagger / ladle / ancient type of spoon
銎	qiōng	eye of an axe
鈇	fū	axe / flerovium (chemistry)
小刀会小刀會	xiǎo dāo huì	Dagger Society, anti-Qing secret society who mounted an unsuccessful rebellion in 1855
剑标劍標	jiàn biāo	(typography) dagger (†)
图穷匕见圖窮匕見	tú qióng bǐ xiàn	lit. the assassin's dagger, concealed in a map scroll, is suddenly revealed when the map is unrolled (referring to the attempted assassination of Ying Zheng 嬴政[Ying2 Zheng4] by Jing Ke 荊軻\|荆轲[Jing1 Ke1] in 227 BC) (idiom) / fig. malicious intent suddenly becomes apparent	syn
鏚	qì	battle-axe
斨	qiāng	axe
鏚	qī	battle-axe / Taiwan pr. [qi4]
磨刀不误砍柴工磨刀不誤砍柴工	mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng	lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom) / fig. time invested in preparations is not lost / a beard well lathered is half shaved

The four tones

"dagger-axe" Chinese-English Dictionary

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