sacrificial knife and altar
knife blade; crucial point
to stab; to attack with knife
the edge of a knife; cut; incision
blade; razor blade; tool bit
writing up of official or judicial documents; pettifoggery
blade (of a knife or sword)
cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool
tapertail anchovy (Coilia ectenes); various species of cutlassfish; saury
knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty
female warrior role in Chinese opera
slash and burn (agriculture)
knife, saw and cauldron; ancient instruments of torture; (fig.) torture
ice skates; ice skate blades
murder weapon (i.e. knife)
sharp knife; knife (weapon)
penetration of a cutting tool
broadsword; large knife; machete
butcher's knife; abattoir hatchet
(of a surgeon) to perform an operation; (of a patient) to have an operation; to decapitate; to behead; to single out as a point of attack
clasp knife; folding knife
scraper; trowel; putty knife
to hold a knife; knife-wielding
to sharpen a knife (or razor etc)
type of machete used by Taiwan aborigines, worn at the waist in an open-sided scabbard
shinai (bamboo sword for kendō)
vegetable knife; kitchen knife; cleaver
to appear in sb's show; to give one's support
lever-style guillotine (for chopping fodder etc)
file (metalworking and woodworking tool)
sickle; curved blade to cut grain
a throwing knife; fly cutter (machine tool)
table knife; dinner knife
name of "knife" radical in Chinese characters
(Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到, 利, 别 etc; see also
刂
prices scissor (caught between low income and high prices)
pencil sharpener (blade-only type)
shears; large scissors; secateurs
flick knife; switchblade; spring-loaded knife
a clasp knife; a folding knife
person charged with decisive action; hatchet man
paring knife; fruit knife
chunks obtained by repeatedly cutting a vegetable diagonally and rotating the vegetable after each cut
annoying person; troublemaker; pain in the neck
whetstone (for honing knives)
name of "knife" radical in Chinese characters
(Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到, 利, 别 etc; see also
刂
utility knife; box cutter
(lit.) the soft knife; (fig.) underhanded tactics; devious means of attack
to make mincemeat of sb; to hack sb to pieces (used while cursing)
(lit.) stocks and knives; (fig.) any punishment equipment; torture instrument
whetstone (for honing knives)
the hammer and sickle (flag of USSR, symbolizing rural and proletarian labor)
don't use a sledgehammer on a nut; aquila non capit muscam
(lit.) time is a butcher's knife; (fig.) time marches on, relentless and unforgiving; nothing gold can stay
(lit.) there is a knife above the character for lust; (fig.) lascivious activities can lead to bitter consequences