tú​dāo

butcher's knife

屠刀 tú​dāo
butcher's knife
butcher's knife; abattoir hatchet
oppressor's sword
(metaphorical) reactionary violence or the means used by an oppressor to kill people
renouncing evil
used in the context of renouncing evil and reforming oneself, as in the idiom 放下屠刀 fàng​xià​tú​dāo (drop the butcher's knife)

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Movie subtitles
0.300 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.556 per million

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