zhǔ​dāo

to lead a surgery

  • created sense approved 主刀 · zhǔ​dāo · to lead a surgery — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    主刀

    zhǔ​dāo

    to lead a surgery

    To be the chief surgeon in charge of an operation; by extension, to be the person primarily responsible for performing a task.

    主 (literal) → 主 · zhǔ · to lead 刀 (literal) → 刀 · dāo · knife

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 主刀 · zhǔ​dāo · chief surgeon — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    主刀

    zhǔ​dāo

    chief surgeon

    The head surgeon in charge of a medical operation.

    主 (literal) → 主 · zhǔ · main 刀 (literal) → 刀 · dāo · knife

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense