created reference approved 屠刀 → 把 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
屠刀 túdāo
把 bǎ
classifier
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 屠刀 · túdāo · butcher's knife — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
屠刀
túdāo
butcher's knife
butcher's knife; abattoir hatchet
屠 (literal) → 屠 · tú · to slaughter 刀 (literal) → 刀 · dāo · knife
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 屠刀 · túdāo · oppressor's sword — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
屠刀
túdāo
oppressor's sword
(metaphorical) reactionary violence or the means used by an oppressor to kill people
屠 (literal) → 屠 · tú · to massacre 刀 (literal) → 刀 · dāo · knife
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 屠刀 · túdāo · renouncing evil — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
屠刀
túdāo
renouncing evil
used in the context of renouncing evil and reforming oneself, as in the idiom [[放下屠刀|放下屠刀|fang4 xia4 tu2 dao1]] (drop the butcher's knife)
屠 (literal) → 屠 · tú · to slaughter 刀 (literal) → 刀 · dāo · knife
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition