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磨刀

mó dāo

2-character word

What 磨刀 means

1. to hone (a knife)

The characters in 磨刀

• 磨móto rub; to grind; to polish
• 刀dāoknife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang; loanword) dollar…

Example sentences

• 汤姆在磨刀。
  Tom is sharpening a knife.

Words starting with 磨刀

• 磨刀石mó dāo shíwhetstone (for honing knives)
• 磨刀霍霍mó dāo huò huò(lit.) to sharpen one's sword (idiom); (fig.) to prepare to attack…
• 磨刀不误砍柴工mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōnglit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)…

Words containing 磨刀

• 细磨刀石xì mò dāo shíwhetstone (for honing knives)