| 刀锯鼎镬 |
dāo jù dǐng huò |
knife, saw and cauldron / ancient instruments of torture / fig. torture |
| 刀 |
Dāo |
surname Dao |
| 刀 |
dāo |
knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把) / (slang) (loanword) dollar / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs / (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces) / (Internet slang) to knife (sb) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他 "I could kill him!") |
| 锯 |
jū |
variant of 锔 |
| 锯 |
jù |
a saw (CL:把) / to saw |
| 鼎 |
dǐng |
ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes |
| 镬 |
huò |
wok (dialect) / cauldron (old) |