| 油灰刀 |
yóu huī dāo |
putty knife |
| 油 |
yóu |
oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning |
| 灰 |
huī |
ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged; dejected |
| 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!") |