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执柯
zhí​kē

to act as a matchmaker

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Senses

执柯/ 執柯 zhí​kē to act as a matchmaker

to act as a matchmaker; literary expression based on a classic poem where cutting a handle for an axe is compared to needing a matchmaker to find a wife

References

synonym 作伐/作伐 → 执柯/執柯
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