卖刀买犊
mài​dāo​mǎi​dú

to give up the sword for the plow

  • created reference approved 卖刀买犊/賣刀買犢 → 卖剑买牛/賣劍買牛 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    卖刀买犊 / 賣刀買犢 mài​dāo​mǎi​dú

    卖剑买牛 / 賣劍買牛 mài​jiàn​mǎi​niú

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 卖刀买犊/賣刀買犢 · mài​dāo​mǎi​dú · to give up the sword for the plow — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    卖刀买犊 / 賣刀買犢

    mài​dāo​mǎi​dú

    to give up the sword for the plow

    To stop being an outlaw and start an honest life as a farmer; to mend one's ways.

    卖 (literal) → 卖/賣 · mài · to sell 刀 (literal) → 刀 · dāo · knife 买 (literal) → 买/買 · mǎi · to buy 犊 (literal) → 犊/犢 · dú · calf

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

    created sense