"Knives" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 刀类 | dāo lèi | knives / cutlery |  |
| 快 |  kuài | rapid / quick / speed / rate / soon / almost / to make haste / clever / sharp (of knives or wits) / forthright / plainspoken / gratified / pleased / pleasant |  |
| 两面三刀 | liǎng miàn sān dāo | two-faced, three knives (idiom) / double-cross / double dealing and back stabbing | |
| 柄 | bǐng | handle or shaft (of an axe etc) / (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem / sth that affords an advantage to an opponent / classifier for knives or blades | |
| 桁杨 | háng yáng | lit. stocks and knives / fig. any punishment equipment / torture instrument | |
| 桁杨刀锯 | háng yáng dāo jù | lit. stocks and knives / fig. any punishment equipment / torture instrument | |
| 天上下刀子 | tiān shàng xià dāo zi | lit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom) / fig. (even if) the sky crumbles | |
| 刀光剑影 | dāo guāng jiàn yǐng | lit. flash of knives and swords (idiom) / fig. intense conflict | |
