伐柯 fákē to act as a matchmaker Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 伐柯 fákē to act as a matchmaker To act as a matchmaker; to broker a marriage. to cut wood for an axe handle To cut wood to make an axe handle; (metaphorical) to have a model or principle close at hand to follow "Cutting an Axe Handle" Title of a poem in the "Book of Songs" 诗经 shījīng, often used to praise the mediation of a wise person Frequency Written text 0.014 per million Cross-References Referenced by 操斧伐柯 cāofǔfákē Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
伐柯 fákē to act as a matchmaker To act as a matchmaker; to broker a marriage. to cut wood for an axe handle To cut wood to make an axe handle; (metaphorical) to have a model or principle close at hand to follow "Cutting an Axe Handle" Title of a poem in the "Book of Songs" 诗经 shījīng, often used to praise the mediation of a wise person Frequency Written text 0.014 per million Cross-References Referenced by 操斧伐柯 cāofǔfákē Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
