尖刀
jiān dāo
Pinyin

Definition

尖刀
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jiān dāo
  1. dagger

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

刀
Dāo
  1. 1 surname Dao
尖叫
jiān jiào
  1. 1 to screech
  2. 2 to shriek
菜刀
cài dāo
  1. 1 vegetable knife
  2. 2 kitchen knife
  3. 3 cleaver
  4. 4 classifier: 把 bǎ
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

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
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

Sample Sentences

接着，大家又赶到203号房间。现场除了一把带血的尖刀和明显打斗过的痕迹外，卧室的地板上躺着一具四十岁左右中年男性尸体。腹部的皮肤和内脏都被破坏，骨骼也暴露在外。
jiē zhe ，dàjiā yòu gǎndào èrlíngsān hào fángjiān 。xiànchǎng chúle yī bǎ dài xiě de jiāndāo hé míngxiǎn dǎdòu guò de hénjì wài ，wòshì de dìbǎn shàng tǎngzhe yī jù sìshí suì zuǒyòu zhōngnián nánxìng shītǐ 。fùbù de pífū hé nèizàng dōu bèi pòhuài ，gǔgé yě bàolù zàiwài 。
Continuing on, the group made their way to room 203. In addition to a bloody knife and clear signs of a struggle, there lay the corpse of a 40-year old middle-aged man on the floor of the bedroom. The skin and innards around his stomach were mutilated; the bones near his abdomen were also exposed.
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