1 surname Dao

1 variant: 背 bēi

1 to betray

1 rear view

2 figure seen from behind

3 view of the back (of a person or object)

1 behind

2 at the back

3 in the rear

4 behind sb's back

1 lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom)

2 fig. to make a clean break (idiom)

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

1 lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom)

2 fig. to be at sb's mercy

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)

1 lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom)

2 fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it