刀锯斧钺 — Chinese idiom
刀锯斧钺
dāo jù fǔ yuè
Traditional: 刀鋸斧鉞
Meaning
- knife, saw, ax and hatchet ; facing torture and execution
Character by character
- 刀dāoknife; old coin; measure
- 锯jùa saw; to saw, to amputate
- 斧fǔaxe, hatchet; to chop, to hew
- 钺yuèbroad-axe; halberd, battle-axe
Idioms sharing a character
- 一刀两断 yī dāo liǎng duàn
- 借刀杀人 jiè dāo shā rén
- 两肋插刀 liǎng lèi chā dāo
- 两面三刀 liǎng miàn sān dāo
- 刀光剑影 dāo guāng jiàn yǐng
- 刀山火海 dāo shān huǒ hǎi
- 刀枪不入 dāo qiāng bù rù
- 刀枪剑戟 dāo qiāng jiàn jǐ
- 千刀万剐 qiān dāo wàn guǎ
- 单刀直入 dān dāo zhí rù
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