伐柯
fá kē
Pinyin

Definition

伐柯
 - 
fá kē
  1. (cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax
  2. fig. to follow a principle
  3. fig. to act as matchmaker

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

伐
fá
  1. 1 to cut down
  2. 2 to fell
  3. 3 to dispatch an expedition against
  4. 4 to attack
  5. 5 to boast
  6. 6 Taiwan pr. [fā]
柯达
Kē dá
  1. 1 Kodak (brand, US film company)
  2. 2 full name Eastman Kodak Company 伊士曼柯達公司|伊士曼柯达公司[Yī shì màn Kē dá Gōng sī]
步伐
bù fá
  1. 1 pace
  2. 2 (measured) step
  3. 3 march
柯
Kē
  1. 1 surname Ke
讨伐
tǎo fá
  1. 1 to suppress by armed force
  2. 2 to send a punitive expedition against
  3. 3 to crusade against
党同伐异
dǎng tóng fá yì
  1. 1 to be narrowly partisan
  2. 2 to unite with those of the same views but alienate those with different views
伐木
fá mù
  1. 1 to cut wood
  2. 2 tree-felling
  3. 3 lumbering
伐木场
fá mù chǎng
  1. 1 a logging area
北伐
Běi fá
  1. 1 the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords
南柯一梦
Nán kē yī mèng
  1. 1 lit. a dream of Nanke
  2. 2 fig. dreams of grandeur
巴伐利亚
Bā fá lì yà
  1. 1 Bavaria
征伐
zhēng fá
  1. 1 to go on or send a punitive expedition
斯柯达
Sī kē dá
  1. 1 Škoda, Czech Republic car manufacturer, a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group
斯洛伐克
Sī luò fá kè
  1. 1 Slovakia (officially, since 1993, the Slovak Republic)
柯坪
Kē píng
  1. 1 Kelpin nahiyisi (Kelpin county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[Ā kè sū dì qū], west Xinjiang
柯林斯
Kē lín sī
  1. 1 Collins (name)
柯尔克孜语
Kē ěr kè zī yǔ
  1. 1 Kyrghiz language
柯西
Kē xī
  1. 1 Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789-1857), French mathematician
武王伐纣
Wǔ wáng fá Zhòu
  1. 1 King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhōu Wǔ wáng] overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shāng Zhòu wáng]
滥伐
làn fá
  1. 1 to denude
  2. 2 illegal logging
  3. 3 forest clearance

Idioms (5)

假道伐虢
jiǎ dào fá Guó
  1. 1 to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
  2. 2 to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
口诛笔伐
kǒu zhū bǐ fá
  1. 1 to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom)
  2. 2 to denounce by word and pen
大张挞伐
dà zhāng tà fá
  1. 1 to launch an all-out attack (idiom)
  2. 2 to roundly condemn
  3. 3 to castigate
吊民伐罪
diào mín fá zuì
  1. 1 to console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)

Sample Sentences