niú​dāo

butcher's knife

  • created reference approved 牛刀 → 把 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    牛刀 niú​dāo

    把 bǎ

    classifier

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    created reference

  • created reference approved 牛刀 → 割鸡焉用牛刀/割雞焉用牛刀 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    牛刀 niú​dāo

    割鸡焉用牛刀 / 割雞焉用牛刀 gē​jī​yān​yòng​niú​dāo

    see

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  • created sense approved 牛刀 · niú​dāo · butcher's knife — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    牛刀

    niú​dāo

    butcher's knife

    a knife used for slaughtering cattle

    牛 (literal) → 牛 · niú · ox 刀 (literal) → 刀 · dāo · knife

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 牛刀 · niú​dāo · great talent — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    牛刀

    niú​dāo

    great talent

    a person of great ability or a powerful tool (from the idiom [[割鸡焉用牛刀|割雞焉用牛刀|ge1 ji1 yan1 yong4 niu2 dao1]])

    牛 (literal) → 牛 · niú · ox 刀 (literal) → 刀 · dāo · knife

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

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