刀耕火种 (刀耕火種)
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Pinyin
Definition
刀耕火种 (刀耕火種)
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- slash and burn (agriculture)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一刀两断
- 1 lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom)
- 2 fig. to make a clean break (idiom)
一刀切
- 1 lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity
- 2 one solution fits a diversity of problems
- 3 one size fits all
不到火候不揭锅
- 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
人为刀俎,我为鱼肉
- 1 lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be at sb's mercy
借刀杀人
- 1 to lend sb a knife to kill sb
- 2 to get sb else to do one's dirty work
- 3 to attack using the strength of another (idiom)