操斧伐柯
cāo fǔ fá kē
Pinyin

Definition

操斧伐柯
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cāo fǔ fá kē
  1. (cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax
  2. fig. to follow a principle
  3. fig. to act as matchmaker

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

伐
fá
  1. 1 to cut down
  2. 2 to fell
  3. 3 to dispatch an expedition against
  4. 4 to attack
  5. 5 to boast
  6. 6 Taiwan pr. [fā]
操
cāo
  1. 1 old variant of 操[cāo]
操作
cāo zuò
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 to operate
  3. 3 to manipulate
操蛋
cào dàn
  1. 1 lousy
  2. 2 rotten
曹操
Cáo Cāo
  1. 1 Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕
  2. 2 the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义
柯达
Kē dá
  1. 1 Kodak (brand, US film company)
  2. 2 full name Eastman Kodak Company 伊士曼柯達公司|伊士曼柯达公司[Yī shì màn Kē dá Gōng sī]
保健操
bǎo jiàn cāo
  1. 1 health exercises
健美操
jiàn měi cāo
  1. 1 aerobics
  2. 2 aerobic dance (school P.E. activity)
情操
qíng cāo
  1. 1 sentiments
  2. 2 feelings
  3. 3 disposition of mind
  4. 4 moral character
操作者
cāo zuò zhě
  1. 1 operator
操劳
cāo láo
  1. 1 to work hard
  2. 2 to look after
操场
cāo chǎng
  1. 1 playground
  2. 2 sports field
  3. 3 drill ground
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
操守
cāo shǒu
  1. 1 personal integrity
操心
cāo xīn
  1. 1 to worry about
操控
cāo kòng
  1. 1 to control
  2. 2 to manipulate
操纵
cāo zòng
  1. 1 to operate
  2. 2 to control
  3. 3 to rig
  4. 4 to manipulate
早操
zǎo cāo
  1. 1 morning exercises (physical exercises commonly performed en masse at schools and workplaces in East Asian countries)
柯
Kē
  1. 1 surname Ke
步伐
bù fá
  1. 1 pace
  2. 2 (measured) step
  3. 3 march
节操
jié cāo
  1. 1 integrity
  2. 2 moral principle

Idioms (17)

不避斧钺
bù bì fǔ yuè
  1. 1 not trying to avoid the battle-ax (idiom)
  2. 2 not afraid of dying in combat
  3. 3 not afraid of being executed
假道伐虢
jiǎ dào fá Guó
  1. 1 to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
  2. 2 to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
刀锯斧钺
dāo jù fǔ yuè
  1. 1 knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom); facing torture and execution
南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
口诛笔伐
kǒu zhū bǐ fá
  1. 1 to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom)
  2. 2 to denounce by word and pen
同室操戈
tóng shì cāo gē
  1. 1 wielding the halberd within the household (idiom); internecine strife
大张挞伐
dà zhāng tà fá
  1. 1 to launch an all-out attack (idiom)
  2. 2 to roundly condemn
  3. 3 to castigate
吊民伐罪
diào mín fá zuì
  1. 1 to console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)
操之过急
cāo zhī guò jí
  1. 1 to act with undue haste (idiom); eager and impatient
  2. 2 overhasty
斧钺之诛
fǔ yuè zhī zhū
  1. 1 to die by battle-ax (idiom); to be executed
斧钺汤镬
fǔ yuè tāng huò
  1. 1 battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom); facing torture and execution
率尔操觚
shuài ěr cāo gū
  1. 1 to compose in off-hand way (idiom); to dash off
班门弄斧
Bān mén nòng fǔ
  1. 1 to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom)
神工鬼斧
shén gōng guǐ fǔ
  1. 1 supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
  2. 2 uncanny workmanship
  3. 3 superlative craftsmanship
稳操胜券
wěn cāo shèng quàn
  1. 1 grasp it and victory is assured
  2. 2 to have success within one's grasp (idiom)
重操旧业
chóng cāo jiù yè
  1. 1 to resume one's old trade (idiom)
鬼斧神工
guǐ fǔ shén gōng
  1. 1 supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
  2. 2 uncanny workmanship
  3. 3 superlative craftsmanship

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