mó​dāo

to sharpen a knife

  • created sense approved 磨刀 · mó​dāo · to sharpen a knife — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    磨刀

    mó​dāo

    to sharpen a knife

    to grind or hone a knife to make it sharp

    磨 (literal) → 磨 · mó · to rub 刀 (literal) → 刀 · dāo · knife

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

    created sense