马桶 馬桶 mǎ tǒng chamber pot / wooden pan used as toilet / toilet bowl syn 刀锋 刀鋒 dāo fēng cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool syn 木马 木馬 mù mǎ wooden horse / rocking horse / vaulting horse (gymnastics) / trojan horse (computing) 宝剑 寶劍 bǎo jiàn (double-edged) sword (esp. a valuable or famous one) / CL:把[ba3] syn 木桩 木樁 mù zhuāng wooden pile / stake 板凳 bǎn dèng wooden bench or stool / CL:張|张[zhang1],條|条[tiao2] 木棍 mù gùn wooden stick syn 木制 木製 mù zhì wooden 夹板 夾板 jiā bǎn wooden boards used to press sth together / (medicine) splint 木屐 mù jī wooden clogs syn 木筏 mù fá wooden raft / log raft syn 木质 木質 mù zhì wooden 交椅 jiāo yǐ old-style wooden folding armchair, typically featuring a footrest / (fig.) position in a hierarchy syn 刀枪 刀槍 dāo qiāng sword and spear / weapons syn 照本宣科 zhào běn xuān kē a wooden word-by-word reading syn 利剑 利劍 lì jiàn sharp sword 棒槌 bàng chuí wooden club (used to beat clothes in washing) syn 双刃剑 雙刃劍 shuāng rèn jiàn double-edged sword (lit. and fig.) 木讷 木訥 mù nè wooden and slow of speech / slow-speeched / inarticulate / unsophisticated syn 刀剑 刀劍 dāo jiàn sword 佩剑 佩劍 pèi jiàn sword / (fencing) saber 钢刀 鋼刀 gāng dāo steel knife / sword 木船 mù chuán wooden boat 楼板 樓板 lóu bǎn floor / floor (ie. metal plate, concrete slab, wooden planking etc) 马刀 馬刀 mǎ dāo saber / cavalry sword 令牌 lìng pái (archaic) wooden or metal token of authority / (fig.) decree / directive / (computing) token 木鱼 木魚 mù yú mokugyo / wooden fish (percussion instrument) 木器 mù qì wooden articles 舞剑 舞劍 wǔ jiàn to perform a sword-dance 三弦 sān xián sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra syn 剑身 劍身 jiàn shēn sword blade 剑柄 劍柄 jiàn bǐng sword hilt 尚方宝剑 尚方寶劍 shàng fāng bǎo jiàn variant of 尚方劍|尚方剑[shang4 fang1 jian4] / imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers) / in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill syn 剑法 劍法 jiàn fǎ fencing / sword-play 出鞘 chū qiào (of a sword etc) to unsheath 轩辕剑 軒轅劍 xuān yuán jiàn sword 呆若木鸡 呆若木雞 dāi ruò mù jī lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom) / fig. dumbstruck syn 无表情 無表情 wú biǎo qíng expressionless / wooden (expression) / blank (face) 梆子 bāng zi watchman's clapper / wooden clappers with bars of unequal length / abbr. for 梆子腔[bang1 zi5 qiang1] syn 斗拱 dǒu gǒng interlocking wooden brackets between the top of a column and crossbeams used in traditional Chinese architecture 大藏经 大藏經 dà zàng jīng Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the Haein Temple 海印寺[Hai3 yin4 si4] in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea syn 胡琴 hú qin huqin / family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring 快刀斩乱麻 快刀斬亂麻 kuài dāo zhǎn luàn má lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom) / decisive action in a complex situation / cutting the Gordian knot syn 白刃 bái rèn naked sword syn 华容道 華容道 huá róng dào Huarong Road (traditional puzzle involving sliding wooden blocks, loosely based on an episode in Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) 木杆 木桿 mù gān wooden pole / wood (golf club) 太极剑 太極劍 tài jí jiàn a kind of traditional Chinese sword-play 板房 bǎn fáng temporary housing built with wooden planks or other makeshift materials 日本刀 rì běn dāo Japanese sword / katana 横木 橫木 héng mù horizontal beam / wooden crossbar / thwart 板壁 bǎn bì wooden partition 刀 dāo knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL:把[ba3] / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs syn 木 mù (bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive / numb / wooden syn 刀枪不入 刀槍不入 dāo qiāng bù rù lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom) / fig. invulnerable / untouchable / thick-skinned / impervious to criticism 抡 掄 lūn to swing (one's arms, a heavy object) / to wave (a sword, one's fists) / to fling (money) syn 栈 棧 zhàn a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack syn 枷 jiā cangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China) 宝刀不老 寶刀不老 bǎo dāo bù lǎo lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom) / fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever / the old man still has it syn 单刀赴会 單刀赴會 dān dāo fù huì lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom) / fig. to go alone into enemy lines 俑 yǒng wooden figures buried with the dead syn 铗 鋏 jiá pincers for use at a fire / sword syn 口蜜腹剑 口蜜腹劍 kǒu mì fù jiàn lit. honeyed words, a sword in the belly (idiom) / fig. hypocritical and murderous syn 投笔从戎 投筆從戎 tóu bǐ cóng róng to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom) / to join the military (esp. of educated person) syn 刻舟求剑 刻舟求劍 kè zhōu qiú jiàn lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom) / fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances syn 马勺 馬勺 mǎ sháo wooden ladle 板胡 bǎn hú a bowed stringed instrument with a thin wooden soundboard 桢 楨 zhēn (old) privet (genus Ligustrum) / (bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction / (fig.) mainstay / pillar / backbone 锟 錕 kūn steel sword 枋 fāng Santalum album / square wooden pillar 殳 shū bamboo or wooden spear / Kangxi radical 79, occurring in 段[duan4], 毅[yi4], 殺|杀[sha1] etc 缑 緱 gōu rope attached to a sword hilt / (archaic) hilt / sword 镡 鐔 xín guard (on a sword handle) / pommel (on a sword handle) / dagger / Taiwan pr. [tan2] 椠 槧 qiàn wooden tablet / edition 銧 guāng point of a sword 铓 鋩 máng sharp point / point of sword 木马计 木馬計 mù mǎ jì wooden horse stratagem (cf Trojan horse) 枧 梘 jiǎn bamboo conduit / wooden peg / spout / same as 筧|笕 syn 翣 shà wooden fan carried in procession 文武双全 文武雙全 wén wǔ shuāng quán well versed in letters and military technology (idiom) / fine scholar and soldier / master of pen and sword syn 琴剑飘零 琴劍飄零 qín jiàn piāo líng floating between zither and sword (idiom) / fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position 胯下之辱 kuà xià zhī rǔ lit. the humiliation of having to crawl between the legs of one's adversary (as Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] supposedly did rather than engage in a sword fight) (idiom) / fig. (endure) utter humiliation 项庄舞剑 項莊舞劍 xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] (idiom, refers to plot to kill Liu Bang during the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[Hong2 men2 yan4] in 206 BC) / fig. an elaborate deception hiding malicious intent 磨刀霍霍 mó dāo huò huò lit. to sharpen one's sword (idiom) / fig. to prepare to attack / to be getting ready for battle syn 笐 gāng bamboos placed across wooden frames on which grain may be stored in damp climates 土牛木马 土牛木馬 tǔ niú mù mǎ clay ox, wooden horse (idiom) / shape without substance / worthless object 买椟还珠 買櫝還珠 mǎi dú huán zhū to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside / to show poor judgment (idiom) syn 项庄舞剑，意在沛公 項莊舞劍，意在沛公 xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn , yì zài pèi gōng lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] (idiom) / refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公[Pei4 gong1] and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[Hong2 men2 yan4] / an elaborate deception to hide malicious intent 柷 zhù percussion instrument, a tapering wooden box struck on the inside with a wooden stick 木塔 mù tǎ wooden pagoda / wooden tower, turret, minaret etc 戠 shì a sword. potter's clay. to gather 上方宝剑 上方寶劍 shàng fāng bǎo jiàn imperial sword (giving bearer plenipotentiary powers) / imperial Chinese version of 007 licensed to kill syn 倚天屠龙记 倚天屠龍記 yǐ tiān tú lóng jì Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, wuxia (武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2], martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸[Jin1 Yong1] and its screen adaptations 剑走偏锋 劍走偏鋒 jiàn zǒu piān fēng the sword moves with side stroke (modern idiom) / fig. unexpected winning move / unconventional gambit 剑走蜻蛉 劍走蜻蛉 jiàn zǒu qīng líng the sword moves like a dragon-fly (modern idiom) / fig. unexpected winning move / unconventional gambit 大刀会 大刀會 dà dāo huì 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 尚方剑 尚方劍 shàng fāng jiàn imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers) / in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill syn 快刀断乱麻 快刀斷亂麻 kuài dāo duàn luàn má lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom) / decisive action in a complex situation / cutting the Gordian knot 打把势 打把勢 dǎ bǎ shi drill (in sword play) / to thrash around / to demonstrate gymnastic skills / to solicit financial help (in an indirect way) / to show off 笔胜于刀文比武强 筆勝於刀文比武強 bǐ shèng yú dāo wén bǐ wǔ qiáng the pen is mightier than the sword (idiom) 