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刀子

dāo zi

2-character word Measure word 把

What 刀子 means

1. knife

The characters in 刀子

• 刀dāoknife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang; loanword) dollar…
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 他是刀子嘴。
  He has a sharp tongue.
• 她用刀子切苹果。
  Tā yòng dāozi qiē píngguǒ.
  She cut the apple with a knife.
• 屠夫的刀子在抽屉里
  Túfū de dāozi zài chōuti lǐ
  The butcher knife is in the drawer.
• 别用刀子来切蛋糕。
  Don't cut the cake with a knife.
• 我没有刀子可用来切。
  I have no knife to cut with.
• 屠夫的刀子在抽屉里。
  The butcher's knife is in the drawer.

Words starting with 刀子

• 刀子嘴，豆腐心dāo zi zuǐ , dòu fu xīnto have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
• 刀子嘴巴，豆腐心dāo zi zuǐ ba , dòu fu xīnlit. knife mouth but heart of bean curd; sharp tongue concealing a caring heart

Words containing 刀子

• 软刀子ruǎn dāo zi(lit.) the soft knife; (fig.) underhanded tactics; devious means of attack
• 天上下刀子tiān shàng xià dāo zilit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom); fig. (even if) the sky crumbles