指甲刀
zhǐ jia dāo
Pinyin

Definition

指甲刀
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zhǐ jia dāo
  1. nail clipper

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

刀
Dāo
  1. 1 surname Dao
戒指
jiè zhi
  1. 1 (finger) ring
手指
shǒu zhǐ
  1. 1 finger
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],隻|只[zhī]
指
zhǐ
  1. 1 finger
  2. 2 to point at or to
  3. 3 to indicate or refer to
  4. 4 to depend on
  5. 5 to count on
  6. 6 (of hair) to stand on end
指数
zhǐ shù
  1. 1 (numerical, statistical) index
  2. 2 (math.) exponent
  3. 3 index
  4. 4 exponential (function, growth)
指甲
zhǐ jia
  1. 1 fingernail
甲
jiǎ
  1. 1 first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]
  2. 2 (used for an unspecified person or thing)
  3. 3 first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)
  4. 4 letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
  5. 5 armor plating
  6. 6 shell or carapace
  7. 7 (of the fingers or toes) nail
  8. 8 bladed leather or metal armor (old)
  9. 9 ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)
  10. 10 civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bǎo jiǎ] system (old)
  11. 11 ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
菜刀
cài dāo
  1. 1 vegetable knife
  2. 2 kitchen knife
  3. 3 cleaver
  4. 4 CL:把[bǎ]
中指
zhōng zhǐ
  1. 1 middle finger
五指山
Wǔ zhǐ shān
  1. 1 Wuzhi or Mount Five Finger, Hainan
  2. 2 Wuzhishan City, Hainan
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
刀具
dāo jù
  1. 1 cutting tool
刀剑
dāo jiàn
  1. 1 sword
刀子
dāo zi
  1. 1 knife
  2. 2 CL:把[bǎ]
刀枪不入
dāo qiāng bù rù
  1. 1 lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. invulnerable
  3. 3 untouchable
  4. 4 thick-skinned
  5. 5 impervious to criticism
刀郎
Dāo láng
  1. 1 Dolan, a people of the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, also known as 多郎
刀锋
dāo fēng
  1. 1 cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool
剃须刀
tì xū dāo
  1. 1 shaver
  2. 2 razor
剪刀
jiǎn dāo
  1. 1 scissors
  2. 2 CL:把[bǎ]

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
一弹指顷
yī tán zhǐ qǐng
  1. 1 a snap of the fingers (idiom); in a flash
  2. 2 in the twinkling of an eye
了如指掌
liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
  1. 1 to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)
  2. 2 to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
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
令人发指
lìng rén fà zhǐ
  1. 1 to make one's hair stand up in anger (idiom); to raise people's hackles
伸手不见五指
shēn shǒu bù jiàn wǔ zhǐ
  1. 1 pitch-dark (idiom)
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
两面三刀
liǎng miàn sān dāo
  1. 1 two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross
  2. 2 double dealing and back stabbing
刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后
dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu
  1. 1 a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
刀子嘴，豆腐心
dāo zi zuǐ , dòu fu xīn
  1. 1 to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
刀山火海
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
  1. 1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
  2. 2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
刀枪不入
dāo qiāng bù rù
  1. 1 lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. invulnerable
  3. 3 untouchable
  4. 4 thick-skinned
  5. 5 impervious to criticism
刀锯斧钺
dāo jù fǔ yuè
  1. 1 knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom); facing torture and execution
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
  1. 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]
十指不沾阳春水
shí zhǐ bù zhān yáng chūn shuǐ
  1. 1 to have no need to fend for oneself (idiom)
  2. 2 to lead a pampered life
单刀直入
dān dāo zhí rù
  1. 1 to get straight to the point (idiom)
单刀赴会
dān dāo fù huì
  1. 1 lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to go alone into enemy lines
天上下刀子
tiān shàng xià dāo zi
  1. 1 lit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (even if) the sky crumbles

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