剪刀差
jiǎn dāo chā
Pinyin

Definition

剪刀差
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jiǎn dāo chā
  1. prices scissor (caught between low income and high prices)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

刀
Dāo
  1. 1 surname Dao
剪
Jiǎn
  1. 1 surname Jian
差
chā
  1. 1 difference
  2. 2 discrepancy
  3. 3 to differ
  4. 4 error
  5. 5 to err
  6. 6 to make a mistake
差不多
chà bu duō
  1. 1 almost
  2. 2 nearly
  3. 3 more or less
  4. 4 about the same
  5. 5 good enough
  6. 6 not bad
差点
chà diǎn
  1. 1 almost
  2. 2 nearly
菜刀
cài dāo
  1. 1 vegetable knife
  2. 2 kitchen knife
  3. 3 cleaver
  4. 4 CL:把[bǎ]
修剪
xiū jiǎn
  1. 1 to prune
  2. 2 to trim
借刀杀人
jiè dāo shā rén
  1. 1 to lend sb a knife to kill sb
  2. 2 to get sb else to do one's dirty work
  3. 3 to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
偏差
piān chā
  1. 1 bias
  2. 2 deviation
出差
chū chāi
  1. 1 to go on an official or business trip
刀剑
dāo jiàn
  1. 1 sword
刀子
dāo zi
  1. 1 knife
  2. 2 CL:把[bǎ]
刀枪不入
dāo qiāng bù rù
  1. 1 lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. invulnerable
  3. 3 untouchable
  4. 4 thick-skinned
  5. 5 impervious to criticism
剪刀
jiǎn dāo
  1. 1 scissors
  2. 2 CL:把[bǎ]
剪彩
jiǎn cǎi
  1. 1 to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony)
剪成
jiǎn chéng
  1. 1 cut into
剪掉
jiǎn diào
  1. 1 to cut off
  2. 2 to cut away
  3. 3 to trim
剪纸
jiǎn zhǐ
  1. 1 papercutting (Chinese folk art)
  2. 2 to make paper cutouts
剪裁
jiǎn cái
  1. 1 to tailor (clothes)
  2. 2 to trim (expenditure)
剪辑
jiǎn jí
  1. 1 to edit (video images, film)

Idioms (20)

一刀两断
yī dāo liǎng duàn
  1. 1 lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to make a clean break (idiom)
一刀切
yī dāo qiē
  1. 1 lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity
  2. 2 one solution fits a diversity of problems
  3. 3 one size fits all
人为刀俎，我为鱼肉
rén wéi dāo zǔ , wǒ wéi yú ròu
  1. 1 lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at sb's mercy
借刀杀人
jiè dāo shā rén
  1. 1 to lend sb a knife to kill sb
  2. 2 to get sb else to do one's dirty work
  3. 3 to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
两肋插刀
liǎng lèi chā dāo
  1. 1 lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
两面三刀
liǎng miàn sān dāo
  1. 1 two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross
  2. 2 double dealing and back stabbing
刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后
dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu
  1. 1 a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
刀子嘴，豆腐心
dāo zi zuǐ , dòu fu xīn
  1. 1 to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
刀山火海
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
  1. 1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
  2. 2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
刀枪不入
dāo qiāng bù rù
  1. 1 lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. invulnerable
  3. 3 untouchable
  4. 4 thick-skinned
  5. 5 impervious to criticism
刀锯斧钺
dāo jù fǔ yuè
  1. 1 knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom); facing torture and execution
剪草除根
jiǎn cǎo chú gēn
  1. 1 lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch
  2. 2 to eradicate
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
  1. 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]
参差不齐
cēn cī bù qí
  1. 1 (idiom) variable
  2. 2 uneven
  3. 3 irregular
参差错落
cēn cī cuò luò
  1. 1 uneven and jumbled (idiom); irregular and disorderly
  2. 2 in a tangled mess
单刀直入
dān dāo zhí rù
  1. 1 to get straight to the point (idiom)
单刀赴会
dān dāo fù huì
  1. 1 lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to go alone into enemy lines
天上下刀子
tiān shàng xià dāo zi
  1. 1 lit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (even if) the sky crumbles
天差地別
tiān chā dì bié
  1. 1 poles apart (idiom)
  2. 2 as different as can be
天差地远
tiān chā dì yuǎn
  1. 1 poles apart (idiom)
  2. 2 entirely different

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