磨刀石
mó dāo shí
Pinyin

Definition

磨刀石
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mó dāo shí
  1. whetstone (for honing knives)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

yī shí èr niǎo
  1. 1 to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
Dāo
  1. 1 surname Dao
dāo jiàn
  1. 1 sword
bǎo shí
  1. 1 precious stone
  2. 2 gem
  3. 3 classifier: 枚 méi
  4. 4 classifier: 颗 kē
zhé mó
  1. 1 to torment
  2. 2 to torture

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
一石二鸟
yī shí èr niǎo
  1. 1 to kill two birds with one stone (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
他山之石可以攻玉
tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù
  1. 1 lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
  2. 2 to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively