axe; hatchet; CL:把[ba3]

hatchet

battle-ax

broadax; ax with a wide blade

(polite) please amend my writing

broad axe

(literary) money for a journey; travel expenses

lictor

not trying to avoid the battle-ax (idiom); not afraid of dying in combat; not afraid of being executed

knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom); facing torture and execution

bold and decisive

(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax; fig. to follow a principle; fig. to act as matchmaker

to die by battle-ax (idiom); to be executed

battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom); facing torture and execution

to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom)

see 鬼斧神工[gui3 fu3 shen2 gong1]

the hammer and sickle (flag of USSR, symbolizing rural and proletarian labor)

supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods; uncanny workmanship; superlative craftsmanship