1 surname Dao

1 to break (e.g. stick or bone)

2 a loss

1 to torment

2 to torture

1 to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly)

2 to repeat sth over and over again

3 to torment sb

4 to play crazy

5 to squander (time, money)

1 setback

2 reverse

3 check

4 defeat

5 frustration

6 disappointment

7 to frustrate

8 to discourage

9 to set sb back

10 to blunt

11 to subdue

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 to split sth into two (idiom)

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)