折刀
zhé dāo
Pinyin

Definition

折刀
 - 
zhé dāo
  1. clasp knife
  2. folding knife

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

刀
Dāo
  1. 1 surname Dao
折
shé
  1. 1 to break (e.g. stick or bone)
  2. 2 a loss
折磨
zhé mó
  1. 1 to torment
  2. 2 to torture
折腾
zhē teng
  1. 1 to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly)
  2. 2 to repeat sth over and over again
  3. 3 to torment sb
  4. 4 to play crazy
  5. 5 to squander (time, money)
挫折
cuò zhé
  1. 1 setback
  2. 2 reverse
  3. 3 check
  4. 4 defeat
  5. 5 frustration
  6. 6 disappointment
  7. 7 to frustrate
  8. 8 to discourage
  9. 9 to set sb back
  10. 10 to blunt
  11. 11 to subdue
菜刀
cài dāo
  1. 1 vegetable knife
  2. 2 kitchen knife
  3. 3 cleaver
  4. 4 CL:把[bǎ]
不折不扣
bù zhé bù kòu
  1. 1 a hundred percent
  2. 2 to the letter
  3. 3 out-and-out
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)
刀具
dāo jù
  1. 1 cutting tool
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
刀郎
Dāo láng
  1. 1 Dolan, a people of the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, also known as 多郎
剃须刀
tì xū dāo
  1. 1 shaver
  2. 2 razor
剪刀
jiǎn dāo
  1. 1 scissors
  2. 2 CL:把[bǎ]
周折
zhōu zhé
  1. 1 twists and turns
  2. 2 vicissitude
  3. 3 complication
  4. 4 difficulty
  5. 5 effort
  6. 6 CL:番[fān]
大刀
dà dāo
  1. 1 broadsword
  2. 2 large knife
  3. 3 machete
夭折
yāo zhé
  1. 1 to die young or prematurely
  2. 2 to come to a premature end
  3. 3 to be aborted prematurely
存折
cún zhé
  1. 1 passbook
  2. 2 bankbook
对折
duì zhé
  1. 1 to sell at a 50% discount
  2. 2 to fold in two

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
一折两段
yī zhé liǎng duàn
  1. 1 to split sth into two (idiom)
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
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]
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
宝刀不老
bǎo dāo bù lǎo
  1. 1 lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever
  3. 3 the old man still has it
宝刀未老
bǎo dāo wèi lǎo
  1. 1 treasure knife does not age (idiom); old but still vigorous
小试牛刀
xiǎo shì niú dāo
  1. 1 to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)
心如刀割
xīn rú dāo gē
  1. 1 to feel as if having one's heart cut out (idiom)
  2. 2 to be torn with grief

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