賣刀買牛
mài​dāo​mǎi​niú

to give up the sword for the plow

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

    卖刀买牛 / 賣刀買牛

    mài​dāo​mǎi​niú

    to give up the sword for the plow

    to give up a life of crime or war to lead a productive 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 牛 (literal) → 牛 · niú · ox

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

    created sense