(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax; fig. to follow a principle; fig. to act as matchmaker
Characters in this word
4操
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old variant of 操[cao1]
- Pinyin
- cāo
- Traditional
- 撡
- Strokes
- 16
- Frequency
- 979 of 2500
斧
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hatchet
- Pinyin
- fǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 48659 of 2500
伐
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to cut down, to fell, to dispatch an expedition against, to attack, to boast, Taiwan pr. [fa1]
- Pinyin
- fá
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 19061 of 2500
柯
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surname Ke
- Pinyin
- Kē
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 7351 of 2500