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操斧伐柯
cāo fǔ fá kē
What 操斧伐柯 means
- (cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax
- fig. to follow a principle
- fig. to act as matchmaker
The characters in 操斧伐柯
- 操cāoto grasp; to hold; to operate
- 斧fǔhatchet
- 伐fáto cut down; to fell; to dispatch an expedition against
- 柯kē(literary) branch; stem; stalk; (literary) ax handle
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