软刀子 (軟刀子)
ruǎn dāo zi
Pinyin
Definition
软刀子 (軟刀子)
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- (lit.) the soft knife
- (fig.) underhanded tactics
- devious means of attack
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 son
- 1 surname Dao
- 1 woman
- 2 female
- 1 wife and children
- 1 son
- 2 child
- 3 seed
- 4 egg
- 5 small thing
- 6 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat
- 7 Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]
- 8 ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
Idioms (20)
一刀两断
- 1 lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom)
- 2 fig. to make a clean break (idiom)
一刀切
- 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
一瓶子不响,半瓶子晃荡
- 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
- 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
不入虎穴,焉得虎子
- 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不见兔子不撒鹰
- 1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
- 2 one doesn't act without some incentive